Patient requests financial assistance for bariatric surgery

Fourty year old Alla Sreenu of Penumaka village in adepalli mandal, Guntur district has been hit by super obesity and weighs about 204 kilos. After numerous efforts and spending a whopping of amount on its treatment, he was admitted into VG Bariatrics hospital, to undergo bariatric surgery. The patient is awaiting financial support from public, while the hospital administration decided to operate for free of costs.

Addressing the reporters here on Tuesday, Bariatric Suregon Dr V Suresh Kumar said that the hospital will bear all the operational, in-patient expenses and the patient is now looking for financial aides to meet post operation, and medicine expenses.

He is diagnosed with severe leg infection which is being cured now and all his vital organs are under immense stress. His expenses cost about Rs 3 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh . Donations can be made to the patient directly at the hospital, he added.