Obese Woman Referred to Zoo for MRI
United Press International
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.
United Press International
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.
