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Man, 32, offered Covid jab because NHS thought he was 6cm tall giving him BMI of 28,000 – Lancs Live
He had been registered as 2.4ins tall rather than his height of 6ft 2ins
A 32-year-old man with no underlying health conditions was mistakenly prioritised for the Covid vaccine because doctors thought he was just 6cm tall and “morbidly obese”.
Liam Thorp, who is actually 6ft 2ins in height, said he was “really surprised” to be invited for a jab and to learn he had been placed in Group 6 for the rollout due to his weight.
Because of the clerical mix-up doctors thought he had a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 28,000. A BMI of 40 is considered morbidly obese.
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