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Mandela Back In Hospital In “Serious” Condition But Stable
By CNN
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela is in “serious but stable condition” after returning to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, the presidential office said Saturday.
Mandela
“Doctors are doing everything possible to make him better and comfortable,” the statement said.
Mandela, 94, has become increasingly frail over the years and has not appeared in public since South Africa hosted the World Cup in 2010.
He suffered from tuberculosis during his imprisonment and has battled respiratory infections over the years. His history of lung problems dates to when he was a political prisoner on Robben Island during apartheid.
The former president has been hospitalized several times recently for lung infection and pneumonia.
Last year, he spent Christmas holidays at the hospital after undergoing treatment for a lung infection and gallstones, one of his longest hospital stays since his release from prison in 1990.
Considered the founding father of South Africa’s democracy, Mandela became an international figure when he endured 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid, the country’s system of racial segregation.
In 1993, he and then-South African President F.W. de Klerk jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mandela was elected the nation’s first black president a year later, serving only one term, as he had promised.
Despite rare public appearances in recent years, he retains his popularity and is considered a hero of democracy in the nation. Last year, South Africa launched a new batch of banknotes with a picture of a smiling Mandela on the front, a testament to his iconic status.
Mandela’s impact extends far beyond South African borders. After he left office, he mediated conflicts from Africa to the Middle East.
Posted by Editor
on June 8, 2013. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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TimZ
June 8, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Get well soon. We still love u baba. May God touch u with his healing hands.
CALLED WISE
June 8, 2013 at 7:07 pm
BA TUMFWEKO
‘SERIOUS BUT STABLE’
‘FATAL ACCIDENT BUT NO DEATH’
YOU SOMETIMES MISPLACE WORDS.
A QUICK RECOVERY BA MANDELA..
Boma
June 8, 2013 at 9:13 pm
Let alon God knows
mvsw
June 8, 2013 at 10:51 pm
How cn someone b serious at the same tym stable? y contradict urself ba tumfyeko
Mwangala Bantu
June 9, 2013 at 9:20 am
He has suffered too much, God please just take the old man and rest him eternally. Doctors are just eating money on him but nothing is improving. He suffered for 27yrs and you want him to suffer too when he is old. That’s rubbish you guys. Anyway I pray to God Almighty that lets his wish be fulfilled in Jesus Christ name Amen!
Jeff
June 9, 2013 at 10:18 am
Yes the big man is old, how can one say get well soon. To which life should he get well soon? He should just be assisted to get to know God so that he can also go and enjoy eternity. He has played a big role in this life. Mathew 6:33
Umupandapwiti
June 9, 2013 at 11:24 am
Bwana mwakota katusheniko mucibote ca mfumu.