Obesity

She was an obesity patient.

He died in her home.

When? A day after being discharged from hospital.

She has undergone gastric bypass surgery at hospital.

She remained in intensive care for 2 weeks.

She was one of the internists who helped treat her.

She has allowed her to return home.

“Her condition was good when she was discharged,”

During inpatient treatment at the hospital, he has been able to sit down without complaining about shortness of breath. (sesak nafas).

Prior to the surgery she was only able to lie down.

She denied that she had been discharged because her insurance had run out.

We decided to let her go home because she was getting better.

the gastric bypass surgery has reduced her stomach to a third of its original size.

 “The surgery went smoothly,

She was stable after the surgery.

We reduced the size of her stomach so that she would eat less food.

The procedure was expected to reduce her weight to 65 kg, which was ideal for her 1.55-meter height.

The operation involved a team of doctors from various disciplines to check on her overall condition.

Bariatric surgery is a common medical procure to induce weight loss.

A similar treatment was done at Omni Hospital in 2017 to then-11-year-old Arya Permana, who weighed 192 kg. He now weighs 83 kg.

Citing the 2018 Basic Health Survey, the Health Ministry has revealed that 21.8 percent of Indonesian adults are obese, up from 14.8 percent in 2013 and 10.5 percent in 2007.

The 2018 survey also revealed that North Sumatra had the highest obesity rate in the country, with 30.2 percent of adults considered obese, followed by Jakarta (29.8 percent), East Kalimantan (28.7), West Papua (26.4) and Riau Islands (26.2).

East Nusa Tenggara has the lowest obesity rate with 10.3 percent.