Over a month after this paper first wrote about the plight of the world’s heaviest woman, Egypt-based Eman Ahmed (weighing approximately 500 kg), the interest in her case is still going strong. Be it her visa issues or the fact that no airline is willing to carry her to Mumbai for a life-saving bariatric surgery, the masses have actively followed her journey thus far. Even as her family fights tooth and nail to bring Eman to Mumbai, a senior bariatric surgeon has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for her transport and medicines.

While the subject ‘weight loss’ or the inability to do so effectively is a topic that resonates with many, Eman’s struggle has tugged a number of heartstrings. She has been battling weight issues since childhood, but now, she is on the precipice of life and death.