 Embassy in Cairo called Visa granted.Thank you so much for this prompt response,impressed Appreciate the help @SushmaSwaraj @CODSIndia01 — Dr Muffi Lakdawala (@DrMuffi) December 6, 2016 
 
 Ma'am , Eman Ahmed (Egypt) 500kgs requested me 2 save her pls help me get her a medical visa as refused thru normal process @SushmaSwaraj pic.twitter.com/93Fwz6m8iL — Dr Muffi Lakdawala (@DrMuffi) December 5, 2016 
 
 Now starts my tough journey to give this girl a second chance at life . Ms Abd El Aty's family says she hasn't been able to leave home for 25 years now and claims she weighs 500kg. If the claim about her weight is true, then that would make her the world's heaviest woman alive as the current Guinness record holder is Pauline Potter of the United States who weighed 292kg (643lb) in 2010. Now, Abdulati gets to come to Mumbai where Dr. Lakdawala will operate on her at the hospital he founded, the Centre for Obesity and Digestive Surgery.For Dr Lakdawala, the journey only really begins now. Lakdawala told The Washington Post he has operated on patients above 660 pounds before, but Abd El Aty’s surgery will be “very high risk.” 
 
 Abd El Aty’s sister contacted Lakdawala after Egyptian doctors determined there was little they could do for the bedridden woman. Getting a visa from the Indian Embassy in Cairo threatened to halt Abd El Aty’s voyage, because it required visiting the embassy for fingerprinting. https://t.co/d601BkBinX — Dr Muffi Lakdawala (@DrMuffi) December 6, 2016 
 
 NEW DELHI: Despite being confined to a hospital room herself, ailing external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj intervened to swiftly get a medical visa for an Egyptian who's likely the heaviest woman in the world. "We are expecting to fly her to Mumbai next week as soon as the formalities are over," he said. "She would need to remain in Mumbai for two to three months for the surgery and treatment after which she would be able to return home, but it would take two to three years to bring her body weight under 100kg," the surgeon said.
– Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty's family says the 36-year-old Egyptian woman hasn't left her home in 25 years, the BBC reports. Her extreme weight forced her to crawl instead of walk by age 11, and an ensuing stroke left her bedridden. Her family says she weighs more than 1,100 pounds, which would make her the heaviest woman alive—the current Guinness record-holder is only 643 pounds—and close to the heaviest woman ever, according to the Washington Post. While Abd El Aty's weight hasn't been confirmed, Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala in India estimates she is at least 990 pounds based on photos of her. "My initial reaction was '‘How is she even alive?'" he says. His next reaction was to try to save her. Abd El Aty is expected to arrive in Mumbai for surgery in the next 10 days, but it won't be an easy journey. "In every sense, she's a challenge," Lakdawala says. The bariatric surgeon has been raising money to get her to Mumbai and will be operating pro bono, the Times of India reports. But it's not just money that's an issue. Because she can't leave her room, Abd El Aty was unable to make it to the Indian embassy to be fingerprinted for a visa; only a personal plea from Lakdawala secured her an exemption. And while transporting Abd El Aty will be challenging in its own right, Lakdawala says the surgery itself is "very high risk." He says he's "hopeful" but not "confident" he can help Abd El Aty lose up to 300 pounds. (For the obese, objects are closer than they appear.)