700+ lb. friend in desperate need of support...

I have a friend who is over 700lbs. and was taken in for WLS approximately 2 weeks ago. The surgery was aborted mid-stream because they found some liver problems. He is currently still on the ventilator and the hospital is saying they do not have a bed or chairs large enough to hold him. They said if they cannot wean him off the ventilator, they will have to move him to a nursing home, and the nearest one to us that can accommodate him is in Ohio (we are in Tennessee). His mother believes there is a hospital (Richard Simmon's?) in Nashville that can help him lose some of the weight and possibly get him in shape to have the WLS, but he needs to get off the ventilator for that to happen. Needless to say, he and the family are very distraught and looking for any type of support they can get. Has anyone here heard of this hospital in Nashville? I sure would like to get more information for them...any thoughts??

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