Canberra Times reports:
Canberra Hospital has built its very first "super-bariatric" room capable of dealing with patients weighing up to half a tonne.
Four dedicated bariatric rooms, which include three for patients weighing up to 250 kilograms,...
The $11.7 million refurbishment has created space for 60 extra surgical beds with orthopaedic, plastic surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery services to be housed in the new wards. Orthopaedic services will move to the ward next week, with the other services to follow later in the year.
With the super-bariatric room, the ward now can host any of the heaviest persons on Earth.
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(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Wednesday August 27 2014, @09:51PM
Thanks for making me feel like I'm not a fatguy. Jesus on a stick though.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:46PM
Jesus so loved a stick that he rode a stick to his death and then he came again.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @01:31AM
And the USA is #1 in more things.
U-S-A!! U-S-A!! U-S-A!!!
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Thursday August 28 2014, @01:44AM
It's in Australia, hoss. We've lost our numbrah one status, I fear.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @01:50AM
Was referring to the list of fatties, dipshit.
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:02AM
I'm more aware of what you're referring to. Just simply concerned you're not. I don't recall the news about the 1/2 ton hospitals built in the US. Maybe they've always been there. This is news to me.
Also, insults from an AC here? I'm not mad, just disappointed. Really though, I shouldn't be. It's just a sign the site's made it to the lowest common denominator.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:09AM
Why would I not know what I was referring to?
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Thursday August 28 2014, @04:21AM
The US has a crazy number of people weighing more than 150 kg. It would be unusual for a hospital built in the last 20 years to NOT support these fatties.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:00PM
As a discerning "fattie" I have to be picky about my choice of hospital and it is not solely dependant on the age of the facility. There are features you have to look for to maximize your comfort in your stay.
But you have to pick your battles. I would forgo some of these conveniences for some female nurses and a feeding trough.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:49PM
(Score: 2) by zafiro17 on Thursday August 28 2014, @02:51PM
That's good news for your mom. Hang on - I'll tell her, she's here getting dressed.
Oh sorry, thought this place was Fark.
Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis - Jack Handey
(Score: 3, Informative) by VanessaE on Wednesday August 27 2014, @09:53PM
When last I checked, a ton/tonne was 1000 kg or 2000 lbs, depending on which system you were referring to. While 250 kg is a lot, it's nowhere near half a ton.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Dunbal on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:04PM
'muricans and the metric system - it never ceases to amuse.
(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:12PM
What's wrong with dry foot pound quart ounces?
1702845791×2
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:54PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @11:51PM
That's exactly what he didn't say! But thanks for pointing that out through the use of sarcasm, for the rest of us who wouldn't get it.
...you were being sarcastic and not a dick, right?
(Score: 1) by Buck Feta on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:11PM
IIRC there's also a UK ton that's 2200 lbs and small change.
- fractious political commentary goes here -
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:18PM
They're getting ready for American tourists.
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:30PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by zsau on Wednesday August 27 2014, @11:20PM
RTFA. Four bariatric rooms. Three for 250 kg patients, one for 500 kg patients.
(Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Thursday August 28 2014, @12:18AM
However that list linked to above has the heaviest confirmed peak weight at 635 Kg, heaviest unconfirmed peak at 727 Kg, and the heaviest alive at 610. Perhaps it's only suitable for the fattest people in Australia!
(Score: 2) by zsau on Thursday August 28 2014, @01:51AM
I will admit I didn't read that article... 610 kg is a lot of weight...
(Score: 5, Insightful) by kaszz on Wednesday August 27 2014, @11:33PM
While all measurement systems have their reasons for existence. In an international environment where confusion easily happen as to which of the definitions for the same unit name is used or what to use within a certain context. A system with clear definition of all units regardless of context and a consistent name that can't be mistaken for any other definition of that unit is a definite advantage. When the units have clean relationships between each others like force = mass * acceleration without any mysterious constants. This makes calculus in physics way easier.
So it's about multiple definitions of the same written unit depending on context and magic constants that makes use complicated. Like when a "gallon" depends on whether it's British or American. And then if it's liquid or dry. All in all four permutations or possible definitions. Same for "oz" that have 10 different definitions depending on context. Which means any answer needing more than 2 value digits is doomed. Then there's sloppiness like specifying AC units in BTUs when the real meaning is BTU/h and thus it could have been written in watts from the start to avoid confusion.
So perhaps the metric system sucks, but it does so with one clear definition and without magic number glue. And which is why some wonder what's taking some people so long to get up to date and hence the expression, go metric inch by inch..
(Score: 1, Redundant) by jimshatt on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:27PM
Man, that's a *lot* of shit!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DECbot on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:31PM
Well, I hear that some patients are full of it.
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(Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Thursday August 28 2014, @12:11AM
I heard a story about a fat guy that spent a few hours farting on the toilet and was asphyxiated. At first they thought he died of methane poisoning but it turned out he's just pushed all the oxygen out of the room with his farts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @12:53AM
A guy died on his bed. They had to use a forklift to get him out. A piano was used for the coffin.
When the fire brigade when in to initially investigate there was a cloud of green gas above the bed. Analysis of the man's stomach and evidence including food containers around the bedroom showed that the man had generated a large amount of gas due to his diet. No window open. Door closed. His own gas killed him.
Three rescue service people were hospitalised. One seriously.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Wednesday August 27 2014, @10:46PM
It's approved for use in Congress.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by e_armadillo on Wednesday August 27 2014, @11:26PM
Sure, its approved, but that is only because its the biggest capacity yet. Not because it can keep up. Washington can clog this baby in a nanosecond . . .
"How are we gonna get out of here?" ... "We'll dig our way out!" ... "No, no, dig UP stupid!"
(Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Thursday August 28 2014, @01:10AM
Not really, because our lapdog Government is going to fill it first. They're going so badly that they've had to resort to creating a political debate about terrorism (metadata retention) even though the Attorney General clearly has no idea what it means.
They're going to fill that dunny in a planck second!
(Score: 2) by khakipuce on Thursday August 28 2014, @08:26AM
If we have to build (and pay for) these things I don't think it is anything to be bragging about.
What I don't get is who buys these massively obese people food? Surely there is a point where the family say enough is enough, if you want food WALK down to the shop and buy some. Failing that just leave them a bag of carrots and let them get on with it. It is not a disease, someone is culpable to letting a loved one get in this state.
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Thursday August 28 2014, @10:14AM
While likely cruel and unusual, I wonder what would happen if they were left with only access to water. A forced starvation diet. What mal-nutrition effects would present first? Could you survive until 400kg of fat burns off, or will the body still turn to organs while consuming the fat?
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday August 28 2014, @12:58PM
They'd need a multivitamin tablet to survive 400 Kg. Thats a long time.
A lot of them will need their existing medications of course (insulin, statins, etc)
(Score: 2) by monster on Thursday August 28 2014, @01:05PM
Well, they would suffer from lack of proteines to replenish those that get spent during normal operation of the body, so that would be problem. Same with electrolytes, vitamins and others that get lost by sweat and urine. Another one would come from their own muscles having lost most of the strength, if they are postrated in bed.
As shown in the link about the most heavy people, a simple 1200kcal diet could do wonders, too bad they only try it when medical complications arise and after they recover (if they recover) go back to gain almost the same weight. Being so fat is not an accident, it's a consequence of a way of life. If the way doesn't change, the fat always returns.