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Obese man cut from chair he was stuck in for 2 years dies; skin fused with maggot-infested fabric
A morbidly obese Ohio man who had to be cut loose from a chair he had not left for two years has died, officials said.
The 43-year-old man had been hospitalized since Sunday after his roommates called 911 when they found him unconscious in the living room chair.
Bellaire police had to cut the man free after finding that his skin had fused to the chair's fabric.
They said he sat in his own waste and was covered in maggots.
"The chair was very filthy, a lot of odor to it. Going in the house, the house was not clean," public health officer Jim Chase told WTRF-TV.
"The living room where the man lived in his chair was very filthy, very deplorable. It's unbelievable that somebody lives in conditions like that."
A morbidly obese Ohio man who had to be cut loose from a chair he had not left for two years has died, officials said.
The 43-year-old man had been hospitalized since Sunday after his roommates called 911 when they found him unconscious in the living room chair.
Bellaire police had to cut the man free after finding that his skin had fused to the chair's fabric.
They said he sat in his own waste and was covered in maggots.
"The chair was very filthy, a lot of odor to it. Going in the house, the house was not clean," public health officer Jim Chase told WTRF-TV.
"The living room where the man lived in his chair was very filthy, very deplorable. It's unbelievable that somebody lives in conditions like that."
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