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| quote: | Half-ton man loses third of weight
The Montreal Gazette
August 12, 2004
A man who once weighed more than half a ton has lost 321 pounds under the care of a team of doctors, and he hopes to lose 450 pounds more.
Patrick Deuel, 42, of Valentine, Neb., weighed 1,072 pounds when he was admitted to Avera McKennan Hospital eight weeks ago. Deuel, who is just under six feet tall, is on a 1,200 calorie-a-day diet.
"If we hadn't gotten him here, he'd be dead now," said Dr. Fred Harris, who heads the treatment.
The former restaurant manager has been bedridden since fall. He has battled heart failure, thyroid problems, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis, and needed help just to roll over in bed. |
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