{"id":399870,"date":"2026-01-10T05:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399870\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T05:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:28:08","slug":"anok-yai-underwent-a-life-saving-procedure-for-sepsis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399870\/","title":{"rendered":"Anok Yai Underwent a \u2018Life-Saving\u2019 Procedure for Sepsis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5093471f1bcaca89287c2d7d2771c432d4-anok-yai.rsquare.w400.jpg\" class=\"lede-image\" data-content-img=\"\" alt=\"The 2024 Met Gala: \u201cSleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion\u201d - Arrivals\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\n                  Photo: Gilbert Flores\/Variety via Getty Images\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmk7g0yv8005k0ib8ivfnpb2c@published\" data-word-count=\"41\">Anok Yai is reportedly recovering after being rushed to the hospital on Sunday. According to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/09\/celebrity-news\/supermodel-anok-yai-28-undergoes-life-saving-procedure-due-to-sepsis-following-lung-surgery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Page Six,<\/a>\u201d the supermodel developed sepsis, an immune response in the body to infection that attacks organs and can lead to death, after undergoing lung surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmk7g1b54000o3b7b3e70tnbf@published\" data-word-count=\"86\">In December, Yai posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anokyai\/p\/DSdegjrku0f\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and shared that she\u2019d been dealing with a \u201csilent battle\u201d after discovering she had an undisclosed congenital defect affecting her heart and lungs. \u201cWhat started as something asymptomatic for the majority of my life turned into a lingering cough, which turned to chest pains, bouts of coughing up blood, then at times struggling to breathe,\u201d she wrote. The post, which included images of her post-surgery, came just weeks after she won Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.thecut.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmk7g1bcv000q3b7btb2gylcy@published\" data-word-count=\"12\">According to the outlet, Yai is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>          Stay in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Get the Cut newsletter delivered daily<\/p>\n<p>        Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n<p class=\"expanded-terms \" aria-hidden=\"true\">By submitting your email, you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/newyork\/terms\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Terms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/newyork\/privacy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Notice<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Gilbert Flores\/Variety via Getty Images Anok Yai is reportedly recovering after being rushed to the hospital on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[107962,49,48,361,75,1187,84,11662],"class_list":{"0":"post-399870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-anok-yai","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-fashion","14":"tag-health","15":"tag-style"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}