MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48. 
 
 FILE - In this June 9, 2008 file photo, Manuel "Meme" Uribe, 42, shows how he exercises from his bed during an interview in Monterrey, Mexico. Uribe, once listed as the world's heaviest human being, has... (Associated Press) 
 
 Manuel Uribe had slimmed down to about 867 pounds (394 kilograms), well below his then-record peak weight of 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), which was certified in 2006 as a Guinness World Record. 
 
 Uribe's death was confirmed by an official of the health department of Nuevo Leon state, where the city of Monterrey is located. 
 
 Uribe had been confined to his bed in Monterrey for years, unable to walk on his own. 
 
 The official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name, said Uribe had been taken to the hospital on May 2 because of an abnormal heartbeat. 
 
 He had to be taken to the hospital with a crane by emergency and civil defense workers. 
 
 Doctors have not yet certified the cause of death. In addition to the cardiac condition, Uribe was also believed to have suffered from liver problems. 
 
 Uribe married Claudia Solis in 2008, and the wedding was one of the few times he left his home in recent years. 
 
 Uribe was a chubby kid, weighing more than 250 pounds (115 kilograms) as an adolescent. Starting in 1992, he said, his weight began ballooning further. 
 
 Since the summer of 2002, Uribe had been bedridden, relying on his mother and friends to feed and clean him. ||||| Manuel Uribe shows how he exercises from his bed during an interview on June 9, 2008 in Monterrey, Mexico. 
 
 Manuel Uribe, known as 'Meme,' once certified by the Guinness World Record as the heaviest man alive, has died. 
 
 His record peak weight was 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms) in 2006. 
 
 Uribe, 48, had been admitted to a hospital in his natal Nuevo Leon a few days ago with symptoms of cardiac arrythmia and other health complications, according to El Universal newspaper. 
 
 The man had not been able to get out of bed since at least 12 years and had to be taken to the hospital with a crane by emergency and civil defense workers. He relied on his mother and friends to feed and clean him. 
 
 According to published reports, Uribe got married for the first time in 1987 and illegally immigrated to the United States, where he sold tacos on a street corner in Dallas. 
 
 Back in Mexico, in October of 2008 he married his second wife Claudia — the wedding was one of the few times he left his home in recent years. By then he weighed in at 701 lbs. after managing to lose 593 lbs. 
 
 "I am proof you can find love in any circumstances. It's all a question of faith. I have a wife and will form a new family and live a happy life," he told the Daily Record back in 2008. 
 
 The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
 
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 Like us at facebook.com/foxnewslatino ||||| Ma'am , Eman Ahmed (Egypt) 500kgs requested me 2 save her pls help me get her a medical visa as refused thru normal process @SushmaSwaraj pic.twitter.com/93Fwz6m8iL — Dr Muffi Lakdawala (@DrMuffi) December 5, 2016 
 
 For more than two decades, Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty has not left her home in Egypt. But now the 36-year-old woman is set to travel 2,700 miles to Mumbai for potentially lifesaving surgery. Abd El Aty weighs about 1,100 pounds, according to her family. 
 
 At that weight, Abd El Aty would be the heaviest woman alive by roughly 450 pounds, and close to the heaviest woman ever to live. (At her heaviest, Michigan woman Carol Yager weighed 1,189 pounds, according to a 1993 Associated Press report.) 
 
 Muffazal Lakdawala, a bariatric surgeon at the Center for Obesity and Digestive Surgery in Mumbai, will operate on Abd El Aty. The doctor has performed the most single-incision laparoscopic surgeries (a minimally invasive procedure that relies on video cameras threaded into the body) in the world, according to his bio on the medical center’s website. The Times of India reported that Lakdawala has operated on high-ranking Indian politicians, including two ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. 
 
 Lakdawala told The Washington Post he has operated on patients above 660 pounds before, but Abd El Aty’s surgery will be “very high risk.” 
 
 Abd El Aty’s sister contacted Lakdawala after Egyptian doctors determined there was little they could do for the bedridden woman. When Lakdawala received her photograph, as the surgeon told The Post by phone early Thursday, he was stunned. 
 
 “My initial reaction was ‘How is she even alive?’” Lakdawala said. But he was determined to help. “If I can somehow use whatever God-gifted talent I have to save her,” he said, “I must try.” 
 
 To operate on patients with extreme weights, even transportation is an obstacle. In 2014, a crane was required to move the then-heaviest man in the world, Manuel Uribe, to a hospital. Taking Abd El Aty out of her home will probably require the demolition of a wall in her room, Lakdawala said. 
 
 And Abd El Aty’s case has already faced hurdles. Getting a visa from the Indian Embassy in Cairo threatened to halt Abd El Aty’s voyage, because it required visiting the embassy for fingerprinting. So Lakdawala petitioned Sushma Swaraj, India’s Minister of External Affairs, on Twitter. Abd El Aty received her medical visa shortly thereafter. The doctor said he is now communicating with commercial airlines to find a plane with an entrance that can accommodate Abd El Aty. He anticipates she will fly to Mumbai within a week to 10 days. 
 
 As for the medical procedure itself, which Lakdawala said he is performing pro bono, he does not know yet exactly what he will do. Abd El Aty’s medical records are sparse. But he thinks the weight-loss surgery will help her lose at least 200 to 300 pounds. 
 
 He also anticipates Abd El Aty will need to remain in Mumbai for months as she recovers. “In every sense, she’s a challenge,” Lakdawala said. “This is a challenge not just for my skill set but for my team.” 
 
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– Slimming down didn't lead to longevity for Manuel Uribe: The Mexican, who topped the scales at 1,230 pounds in 2006 when he was the world's heaviest man, has died at the age of 48, the AP reports. He had slimmed down to around 867 pounds in recent years but remained bedridden at his mother's home in Monterrey. Officials say he was taken to the hospital—by crane—earlier this month because of an abnormal heartbeat. Uribe made the news in 2008, when he got married for the second time. He left the house—but not his bed—for the ceremony, which he was transported to in a flatbed truck. He got married for the first time in 1987, when he was living in Dallas and selling tacos on a street corner, Fox reports. Uribe said he had always been chubby, but his weight began to balloon in 1992 and he had been bedridden since 2002. No cause of death has been confirmed, but he is believed to have suffered from liver problems as well as heart trouble.