Blackout Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) -- A 407-pound New York woman claims she is suffering severe pain because her obesity leaves her unable to get proper medical attention. Jennifer Walters, who is bed-ridden and cannot walk because of excessive weight, told the New York Post because she cannot fit into a magnetic resonance imaging machine, a doctor said she should go to the Bronx Zoo for an X-ray. "It's humiliating. I was told if elephants and hippos need MRIs, they have the equipment at the Bronx Zoo. It was like I was an animal," Walters told the Post. Walkers said she has "excruciating" pain in her back and legs. The Post said one of the doctors Walters said made the zoo suggestions said he "used to do it, but I don't think we do it anymore." New York politicians have recently called for an end of what they termed medical discrimination against obese people. For the record, the Bronx Zoo told the Post it gets about a dozen such calls a year but it doesn't have such facilities for its animals. http://www.brocktonmass.com/news/publish/5000344.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 The MRI disclosed that she was just constipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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