Fat guy dies because he didn't want to go to the zoo...

[SuperFerret]

Now that the slightly misleading but interesting title is out of the way, here's the article.

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091103-22993.html

Thomas Lessmann, who weighed 230 kilos (507 pounds), had not been feeling well and had lost consciousness several times when he sought medical care at the renowned University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) on September 21, the paper said.

The 51-year-old patient was at the hospital for 10 hours, but because he couldn’t fit into the hospital’s X-ray machine, doctors there recommended that he go to the nearby Hagenbeck animal park, which has a much larger machine.

“It sounded as if they wanted to mock us,” his wife Petra Lessmann told the paper.

His hospital discharge summary reportedly read: “Imaging not feasible here due to body weight, please arrange as an outpatient, for example at Hagenbeck.”

But Lessmann felt too humiliated to go to the zoo and died of unknown causes 13 days later.

“We regret the unclear instruction ‘at Hagenbeck’,” UKE spokesperson Christine Jähn told Bild. “We understand that it’s irritating for patients and relatives when they are referred to veterinary facilities.”

While all patients have a right to medical care, the maximum capacity of most hospital machines is around 200 kilo, Jähn explained.

Honestly, I don't see what his issue was with this whole thing, but then again, being part of the veterinary field, I know that we're better than human medicine in a few things, so I may be biased.

 

[BillyZaned]

died of unknown causes.... lol... something tells me it has to do with him being a fatass

 

[amazingfantasy15]

"But Lessmann felt too humiliated to go to the zoo"

I would think he was more humiliated for letting himself go to the point that he weight a quarter ton.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

died of unknown causes.... lol... something tells me it has to do with him being a fatass

This.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

died of unknown causes.... lol... something tells me it has to do with him being a fatass

I think fatass isn't even a strong enough word for weighing 500 pounds

 

[BillyZaned]

why was he humilated to go to the zoo...

if anything, he should be more at home there.... look honey, something bigger then me!!!!

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Idiot. If you didn't want to go to the zoo for X-rays, shouldn't have let yourself get to 500 pounds.

 

[BillyZaned]

I think fatass isn't even a strong enough word for weighing 500 pounds

super duper fatass

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm barely over 225 (though I could afford to redistrubute it) and I'd want to go to the zoo for an x-ray. Quality medical care and I can see monkeys? It's win-win!

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Buffalo Bill: "Oh wait...was she a great big fat person?".

 

[BillyZaned]

Idiot. If you didn't want to go to the zoo for X-rays, shouldn't have let yourself get to 500 pounds.

easier said then done sir... you try and say no to your eigth helping of those chilli cheese fries.... not so easy

 

[BillyZaned]

I'm barely over 225 (though I could afford to redistrubute it) and I'd want to go to the zoo for an x-ray. Quality medical care and I can see monkeys? It's win-win!

that's what I'm saying... and this guy had it even better... medical care, monkeys, and his family who reside in the elephant cage

 

[Aesop Rocks]

God I didn't miss you while you were gone, BillyZ.

 

[BillyZaned]

God I didn't miss you while you were gone, BillyZ.

good to know baby

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I did!

wtf were you gone for?

 

[BillyZaned]

I did!

wtf were you gone for?

Asphalt paving this past weekend... 42 hours in 3 days

 

[Lantern Venom]

I can understand the feelings of embarrassment but when it comes to living, I'll pretty much do anything so I can keep on sucking wind.

 

[Ghostvirus]

I think his wife should be happy her husband lived to be 50 being that fat.

 

[BillyZaned]

she ain't gonna be happy when she has to pay double for his burial plot in the ground

 

[SuperFerret]

They can bury him at the zoo.

 

[Darthphere]

"But Lessmann felt too humiliated to go to the zoo and died of unknown causes 13 days later."

Did he feel like....Less than a Mann?

 

[SuperFerret]

He could've used Less Mann it seems.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Looks like his death left the coroner

[blackout]flubber[/blackout]gasted.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

This story weights a ton!

 

[Speedball]

God... screw your pride, save it for a time when YOU AREN'T GOING TO DIE!