By Ben Hill and Claudia Poposki For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 02:51 BST, 15 May 2019 | Updated: 02:51 BST, 15 May 2019
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Serial killer Ivan Milat is being treated for anorexia after he lost 20kg during hunger strikes while behind bars.
Milat, 74, was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney's east from Goulburn Correctional Centre on Monday in a move that required a huge security operation.
New South Wales Corrective Services said a '74-year-old inmate is being treated in a Sydney hospital'.
He is being treated for possible organ failure caused by geriatric anorexia, the ABC reported.
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Serial killer Ivan Milat (pictured) is being treated for anorexia after he lost 20kg during hunger strikes while behind bars
He is being treated for possible organ failure caused by geriatric anorexia
Milat will be held in a secure annex of the hospital (pictured) that's been specially designed to hold dangerous prisoners
Milat has a long history of going on hunger strikes when his demands are not met.
In 2011, he lost 25kg after he was denied a PlayStation gaming console to use while in prison.
Milat's health has deteriorated in recent years due to a number of age-related illnesses and he has been seen by several medical specialists.
Despite reports that Milat may never return to jail, a source told Daily Mail Australia that the backpacker killer is expected to return to Goulburn 'within days'.
Milat will be treated in a secure annex at the Prince of Wales Hospital designed to hold maximum security prisoners.
Between 1989 and 1992 seven young backpackers went missing while hitch-hiking on the outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales.
Their bodies
