Mandela allowed home after surgery
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February 27, 2012, Monday
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NELSON Mandela was released from hospital yesterday after keyhole surgery officials said had left him in no danger but increased South Africans' concern for their aging former president.
President Jacob Zuma had earlier told the country not to panic when the 93-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted to hospital with chronic abdominal pain on Saturday. He said then that his stay in hospital would be short.
In the latest health update, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said Mandela had had "investigative laparoscopy" - where a tiny camera is inserted into the abdomen - and denied reports that he had undergone surgery for a hernia.
"It wasn't the surgery that has been out there in the media at all," Sisulu told a media briefing in Cape Town. "He's fine. He's as fine as can be at his age - and handsome."
The government did not reveal where Mandela had been treated, although reporters were kept at a distance from Pretoria's "1 Military" hospital, which is officially responsible for the health of sitting and former presidents.
Zuma said late on Saturday that Mandela was fine and doctors were satisfied with his condition.
"He was in good health before admission in hospital but doctors felt the complaint needed a thorough investigation," he said. "We are happy that he is not in any danger and thank the doctors for their hard work and professionalism."
Mandela has been in poor health since he was in hospital a year ago with respiratory problems, and has not appeared in public since.
South Africa's first black president still occupies a central position in the psyche of a country ruled by the white minority until all-race elections in 1994.
Despite widespread public affection, most accept that Mandela, who was incarcerated for 27 years by the apartheid government, may not live for much longer.
Mandela's last public appearance was in July 2010 at the final of the World Cup in Johannesburg.
President Jacob Zuma had earlier told the country not to panic when the 93-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted to hospital with chronic abdominal pain on Saturday. He said then that his stay in hospital would be short.
In the latest health update, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said Mandela had had "investigative laparoscopy" - where a tiny camera is inserted into the abdomen - and denied reports that he had undergone surgery for a hernia.
"It wasn't the surgery that has been out there in the media at all," Sisulu told a media briefing in Cape Town. "He's fine. He's as fine as can be at his age - and handsome."
The government did not reveal where Mandela had been treated, although reporters were kept at a distance from Pretoria's "1 Military" hospital, which is officially responsible for the health of sitting and former presidents.
Zuma said late on Saturday that Mandela was fine and doctors were satisfied with his condition.
"He was in good health before admission in hospital but doctors felt the complaint needed a thorough investigation," he said. "We are happy that he is not in any danger and thank the doctors for their hard work and professionalism."
Mandela has been in poor health since he was in hospital a year ago with respiratory problems, and has not appeared in public since.
South Africa's first black president still occupies a central position in the psyche of a country ruled by the white minority until all-race elections in 1994.
Despite widespread public affection, most accept that Mandela, who was incarcerated for 27 years by the apartheid government, may not live for much longer.
Mandela's last public appearance was in July 2010 at the final of the World Cup in Johannesburg.
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