Former world’s tallest man calls for more compassion for vulnerable in UK Hussain Bisad, who has had health problems, says government should do more for people with physical or mental illness.
Bisad had been in the UK for five months when Guinness World Records measured his height as 2.3 metres (7ft 6.5in), making him then the world’s tallest living man.
Bisad deals with health problems associated with acromegaly (gigantism), the rare health condition marked by height noticeably above average where the body produces too much growth hormone.
When Hussain Bisad first settled in north London as an asylum seeker after fleeing from war in Somalia 23 years ago, he did so in the hope of a new and more settled life.
Because now with these new rules of universal credit, people don’t get what they are entitled to, because when somebody has mental illness, they sometimes can’t provide certain details because of their illness and get what they need.”.
