London: A British woman wants the government to pay 14,000 pounds (about $22,370) required for her gastric band surgery as she has turned too fat to earn.
Weighing 33 stone (about 210 kg), Sara Agintas, who once used to splash out 200 pounds a week on takeaways, already receives 17,000 pounds a year in benefits. But she says she now requires the taxpayers’ help, the Sun reported. Agintas, 43, of Buckinghamshire’s Milton Keynes town, says: “I can’t work because I’m too fat to fit in an office chair and can only stand for two minutes at a time. (IANS)