Obese man weighing 770 pounds has been in hospital for five months taking up four beds needed by other patients
Staff at a hospital in Nottinghamshire are said to be furious over an obese man who cannot be discharged because of lack of appropriate obesity beds. 33-year-old Matthew Crawford, who weighs 770 pounds, has been at the King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield for the past five months, with him and the equipment required to move him taking up four beds that could otherwise go to more needy patients.
According to the Mirror, Crawford is medically fit to be discharged, but cannot leave because there is no appropriate social care space for him. His stay has allegedly already cost taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds because of the modifications needed to be made to accommodate him, including a rented reinforced bed that bills out at a hefty £7,000 a week.