Late last year, Annemarie, from Dudley, West Midlands started corresponding with a surgeon in India. She described her condition and sent photographs, records and other information. In January, she flew to New Delhi and from there to Mohali, an hour's flight north.
She arrived on a Saturday and on the Monday underwent eight hours of surgery, during which two stones of fat were removed from her stomach.

Dr K M Kapoor is working as Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Cosmetic Surgery at Fortis Hospital, Mohali.