{"id":598616,"date":"2026-05-22T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598616\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:28:10","slug":"familys-desperate-plea-after-livingstone-hospital-denies-gqeberha-man-life-saving-dialysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598616\/","title":{"rendered":"Family\u2019s desperate plea after Livingstone Hospital denies Gqeberha man life-saving dialysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/louis_hayward_randall.jpeg\" alt=\"A Gqeberha family has made a desperate appeal after Livingstone Hospital declined to place 40-year-old Louis Hayward Randall on a dialysis programme, citing limited resources, despite his end-stage renal failure and urgent need for life-saving treatment.\" height=\"1052\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    A Gqeberha family has made a desperate appeal after Livingstone Hospital declined to place 40-year-old Louis Hayward Randall on a dialysis programme, citing limited resources, despite his end-stage renal failure and urgent need for life-saving treatment.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Gqeberha family has made a desperate appeal after Livingstone Hospital declined to place 40-year-old Louis Hayward Randall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[161984,204394,204395,102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-598616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-eastern-cape","tag-eastern-cape-health-department","tag-gqeberha","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}