17 men battle to rescue 254kg man stuck in flat

he could be squeezed outside, screened by a tarpaulin for privacy.
Paramedics were called to Mr Parkin’s home in New Eltham, South East London, at around 8pm on Saturday, but had to draft in the fire service for extra help.
It wasn’t until 4am when neighbours said they were woken by the sound of the sledge bumping down the stairs.
A neighbour told The Sun how the former security worker had ballooned recently after living on a diet of Indian takeaways and food delivered by Tesco.
They said: “He struggled to get anywhere. He needed a five-minute rest after climbing the first of two flights of steps to his flat.”
Another neighbour said the emergency workers weren’t sure how to get Mr Parkin out, adding: “They wanted to remove his front window and have him lifted out.
“But they said they’d need to remove the brickwork underneath too as it would be impossible to lift him over that.”
Mr Russell, who lives with his girlfriend Lorraine Ward (41), was yesterday believed to be in a nearby hospital, although his condition was unknown.
The rescue comes days after 400kg Georgia Davis was freed in a £100 000 operation in which the walls of her home had to be knocked down.
Georgia, dubbed Britain’s fattest teen, was winning her fight for life yesterday after a spate of medical problems brought on by her weight.
The 19-year-old was in a “stable condition” after doctors gave her emergency           treatment for a series of obesity-related ailments.
After four days on a specialist ward, she was recovering well and getting over the trauma of being cut from her bedroom.
Her mother Lesley (57) and stepdad Arthur Treloar (73) were feeding her fresh fruit at Prince Charles Hospital, in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales. — Daily Mail.