A Hungarian woman who weighed more than 200kg relied on a forklift to get to a weight-loss program.

Mail & Guardian online cited an MTI news agency report that Budapest firefighters spent five hours removing a window and a large section of wall at the middle-aged woman's home so they could create a big enough hole for her exit.

A hospital bed strapped to the forklift's tynes was raised to the window and 13 firefighters helped to roll the woman, who weighed 200kg to 300kg, onto the bed.

The woman was taken to a hospital ward to take part in a weight-loss program.