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Obese man hurt falling off couch
An obese man had to be helped into an ambulance by firefighters after he hurt himself falling off the couch.
Fire crews in Newton-le-Willows described how they helped paramedics load the patient into an ambulance shortly after 10am on Thursday (December 4).
Members of the Fire Service's special rescue team helped to lift the 'bariatric' patient - a term which indicates he had a Body Mass Index (BMI) rating of more than 40 - into the ambulance before he could be taken to hospital.
The extent of the man's injuries are unclear and a spokeswoman for the Ambulance Service declined to comment.
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