Shouldn't the departure of once world's heaviest woman Eman Ahmed have been smoother?

New Delhi: Did the world's heaviest woman Eman Ahmed, who came to India for weight loss surgery deserve all the controversies and a badly planned exit day?

People might not agree but she left India in a lot of chaos.

The treatment meted out to her can't be quoted as bad because she got what she came for but the controversies surrounding her should not have been created and the weight loss treatment should have been taken as a mere health treatment for a woman who had flown from miles away for a purpose.

Her final few moments in Mumbai were confusing and supremely disorganized to say the least, so much so, that India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had to intervene to ensure her smooth discharge.

This has raised questions on the treatment of those coming to India from abroad for medical purposes.

Taking this into consideration, the Maharashtra government has decided to come up with guidelines to deal with patients from abroad.

Eman weighed 498 kg when she was brought to India on February 11 for weight-loss surgery by the doctors of Saifee hospital here.

During her treatment in the last few weeks, her sister Shaimaa Semil accused Saifee Hospital and Dr Muffazal Lakdawala, the bariatric surgeon heading the team that treated Eman, of negligence in medical care.

Eman was shifted to an Abu Dhabi hospital on Thursday. Shaimaa had also taken up the issue with the Egyptian embassy.

On the day of discharge, Saifee hospital said Eman weighed 170 kg.