Egyptian woman leaves India after losing 325 kilograms in surgery

Egyptian woman Emam Ahmed who was undergoing weight-loss surgery at Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital is carried on a stretcher towards an ambulance on her way to the airport in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Emam Ahmed weighed about 500 kilograms when she was flown to Mumbai for treatment in February. (Photo by RAFIQ MAQBOOL / AP)

MUMBAI, India — An Egyptian woman who lost about 325 kilograms (715 pounds) after undergoing weight-loss surgery in an Indian hospital has left for the United Arab Emirates for long-term treatment.

Eman Ahmed, who weighed more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) when she was flown to Mumbai for treatment in February, was reportedly the world’s heaviest woman.

Doctors who reduced the size of her stomach to help her lose weight said Thursday her treatment would continue at a hospital in Abu Dhabi.

The 36-year-old from Alexandria has lymphedema, a condition that causes body tissue to swell. She had a stroke when she was 11 after which her weight gradually increased.

A chartered aircraft took Ahmed and a team of nine doctors to Abu Dhabi.