It was a call-out too far for the firefighters of Falkirk. They may rescue cats up trees, but when two fire engines and 10 firefighters were called out to move a 260kg (41st) man in his bed, their patience snapped. The fire brigade was called four times last week by the helpline NHS24 to help the 40-year-old morbidly obese man just to move around his council flat in Grangemouth. On one call, it took 10 men to lift him two feet. "The guy was uncomfortable and he asked to be moved across his bed. The crew actually fixed his pillows for him too," said Gordon McQuade, a local Fire Brigades Union official. "You can see how ludicrous it is. We've got no specialist equipment - it was sheer brute force. Being 41 stone can't be much fun. But it's not a proper use of resources."
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