An army of medical experts from Burjeel are all prepared to receive the world's heaviest woman when she arrives from Mumbai to Abu Dhabi on Thursday evening.

Dr Shajir Gaffar, CEO of VPS Healthcare, Dubai and Northern Emirates and Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery, who flew from the UAE capital to Mumbai to accompany the patient, told Khaleej Times that the hospital is ready and well-prepared for Eman Abdul Atti, who will be medically evacuated on a special Airbus.

"At present, we have a team of 15 members of multi-disciplinary approach we are providing for the patient."

"We have aviation doctors, paramedics, logistics support, nurses, they are all on ground here, (Mumbai), for her safe medical transportation tomorrow to the airport from Saifee Hospita