COMM: The world's tallest woman has undergone

surgery to prevent her being paralysed and going blind. Siddiqa Parveen, who is estimated

to be seven foot eight inches tall, was taken to New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical

Sciences, for the removal of a tumour on her pituitary gland which was causing her rapid

growth.

DOCTOR: There's a limit to what the body can

do, she would have decompensated, there would have been more fractures, and usually these

patents can die of cardiomyopathy, heart failure. During surgery to remove the tumour we used

the best, the most high tech endoscopes.

COMM: Twenty six year old Siddiqa, from a

remote village in West Bengal, has suffered from the form of giantism from the age of

fifteen. In 2013, she was recognised by Guinness as the world's tallest living woman.

COMM: But the condition has had serious effects

on her health, as she began to lose sight, and was suffering from fractures in her spine.

After being admitted to hospital in January of this year, Siddiqa's size presented many

challenges for the doctors.

DOCTOR: During surgery we required bigger

tubes and even the BP cuff, the blood pressure cuff, which is used for a thigh, is used for

a normal thigh we used on her arm because her arm was so huge. Post operatively it was

another challenge to manage her in the intensive care, again a six feet bed which had to be

reinforced.

COMM: Following the surgery, Siddiqa will

remain under the watchful eye of doctors.

DOCTOR: She has a big body, but a very weak

body, So she requires a lot of rehabilitation.

COMM: But they hope over time the fractures

to her spine caused by the crushing weight will heal, and improve her quality of life.