VIDEO: KNH doctors announce first successful weight loss surgery

Surgeons at Kenyatta National Hospital on Friday announced that they had successfully operated on a patient to aid him in his weight loss journey.

The procedure commonly referred to as bariatric surgery, involves removal of a portion of the stomach or re-routing the small intestines to a small stomach pouch.

When 66-year-old John Muthama was admitted at KNH on May 7, he weighed 176kgs and was diagnosed with class III obesity.