A total of 1,500 obesity patients are on the waiting list of King Fahd General hospital due to shortage of beds, a source in the Jeddah health department has said. â??The long waiting list of obesity patients is due to a lack of beds which are usually occupied by emergency patients,â?* the source was quoted as saying by a local publication on Sunday. â??The King Fahd hospital in Jeddah carries out 800 to 900 operations per year, and is one of the biggest centers in Saudi Arabia.