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Supermodel Anok Yai shares health update from hospital bed

Supermodel shares secret battle with debilitating illness 'destroying lungs'
  • Supermodel Anok Yai has shared a health update after a secret battle with an illness “destroying” her lungs.
  • She underwent successful robotic lung surgery on Friday (19 December) to help treat a congenital defect.
  • She described the condition as “overworking my heart”.
  • Ms Yai, who was the second black model to open a Prada show after Naomi Campbell, posted videos from her hospital bed.
  • The footage showed her using a nebuliser and walking with assistance from a nurse during her recovery.
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