22 Stone man seeks right to obesity surgery (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) - a 22 stone former policeman, the right to obesity surgery was denied his case Monday taking Court of appeals.

Tom Condliff, 62, says he needs the gastric surgery to save his life, but the North Staffordshire primary care trust has chosen, that his body-mass index not high qualify enough to him to finance a gastric bypass surgery is...

A first legal challenge, the higher regional court but failed Condliff who is Attorney Civil Division issues plunging the judgment of the High Court and its application for judicial review.

The 62-year-old a grandfather of Talke, Staffordshire says the "irrational" decision violated his rights under the human trust policy violated rights act and the own resources.

Condliff was taken obese due to drugs for the treatment of long-term diabetes. He says he would rather avoid the "very unpleasant" operation with remove part of his intestine and stomach, but without it is his life in danger.

He suffers from 13 diseases, takes used 28 different drugs and breathing masks and inhalers. Its weight has in recent years as a result of medication of control spiral.

Specialists told him a gastric bypass surgery would not only him help shed pounds, but couldn't control his diabetes also leads to other diseases fade away.

The High Court was told that there is a stone (139 kg) with 6 ft 2ins 22 weight BMI (body mass index) of 43 kg / m2 (6.7 stone/m2), not high enough gives him qualify for surgery, where he lives, although it would be the neighbouring NHS trust in the area.

Condliff tried to non-surgical interventions, including diet and lifestyle changes and medicines, but all were unsuccessful, the Court heard

The High Court judge Waksman said that everyone agreed, gastric bypass surgery was "appropriate clinically for him" but North Staffordshire PCT routine operation only for those with a BMI of more than 50.

Applied his GP and specialists who are treating him, Condliff for the funding in February last year, that his case was "extraordinary".

The application was rejected. A second request was made, accompanied by evidence that Condliff of the physical and mental state has deteriorated and now he had to use a wheelchair.

He at the tied House was, could no longer visit, Church, and he was always depressed and withdrawn.

Judge Waksman said, that Condliff the doctor noted that if he would have qualified in the area of Stoke PCT for surgery as he lower limit value for surgery had a BMI of over 35, Stoke.

But also refused the second request for treatment was and Condliff has been said that "non-clinical social factors" could not be considered.

Lord Justice Maurice Kay, Lady Justice Hallett, and Lord Justice Toulson hear Condliff of the complaint.

Britain has the highest level of obesity in Europe, with 24.5 percent of adults who as obese, according to a study published in December by the European Commission and the Organisation for economic cooperation and development (OECD).

Of the EU average is 14%.

The number of dangerously overweight people around the world has almost doubled since 1980, said the World Health Organisation in a study published in February.

More than half a billion men and women-almost all adult a nine-College London, Harvard and the World Health Organization (WHO) are clinically obese, according to a study by a team of imperial.

In 2008 almost a woman in seven and one man in 10 were obese, in the last year for the statistics available, were found there.

Too thick three million premature deaths caused annually by heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other diseases, according to the WHO.

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