Wheelchair size I went in to a surgery center yesterday for my routine 50-year colonoscopy.  Afterward as I was being wheeled out to my ride, I commented on how big bariatric wheelchairs were. I am a 200 lb man with broad shoulders who had 6 inches of space on either side of my hips. The nursing assistant then told me:  “This is not a bariatric wheelchair. They have a capacity of 650 lbs. This wheelchair only has a capacity of 275.” My wife and I got a good laugh from that. 😀