Mr Elias is said to be the tallest man in Tanzania.
An Indian medical centre has offered to assist a Tanzanian man who has been told he is too tall to get surgery in his country.
A doctor at Speedy Recovery medical has told the BBC they would be able to assist Baraka Elias, whom doctors in Dar es Salaam said would not fit properly in a hospital bed.
Mr Elias, who is 7ft 4in (2.20m), said he needed hip replacement surgery after hurting himself in a fall.
He was also told X-ray equipment was unsuitable for someone of his height.
Local media quote doctors at the specialist Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, confirming Mr Elias’ story.
“I’m sure Mr Elias will sigh a relief as soon as he gets to know that there’s somebody in far away India trying to organise things,” Dr Shaila Raveendran, who heads the Speedy Recovery Centre in India, told the BBC.
Mr Elias is said to be the tallest man in Tanzania.
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