I need gastric band on NHS or I will die, says 34-stone man
A 34-STONE man fears he will die after health chiefs rejected his plea for life-saving weightloss surgery.
Davie Adam, 40, says a gastric band or bypass is his only hope, adding: "Food is like cocaine to me. I am addicted and need help."
But NHS bosses in Fife are refusing to fund any weight-loss surgery because of cost - no matter how obese the patient.
And Davie is unable to come up with the £10,000 cost of having it done privately. Click here for full article.
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