Heart attack kills obese mother

A 25-YEAR-OLD Romanian woman weighing 528 pounds (240 kilograms), who gave birth to a baby girl more than five months ago, has died.

Relatives of Victoria Lacatus say she died of a heart attack on Sunday after developing a high fever and breathing problems.

Doctors from Craiova hospital in southern Romania said Lacatus’ heart stopped. Hospital manager Florin Petrescu said doctors tried to resuscitate her for 30 minutes, a task made difficult because of her extreme obesity.

When Lacatus gave birth on February 18, experts said the case was rare, given the mother’s weight and her height of 5’3”.