Mandela on recovery path after hospital stay
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January 7, 2013, Monday
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FORMER South African President Nelson Mandela has recovered from a lung infection and surgery to remove gallstones that kept him in hospital for nearly three weeks, the government said yesterday.
Mandela, 94, who has been in frail health for several years, spent most of December in a Pretoria hospital - his longest stay for medical care since his release from prison in 1990.
He has been receiving treatment at his Johannesburg home after he left hospital on December 26.
"President Mandela has made steady progress and clinically, he continues to improve," the Office of the Presidency said in a statement.
Mandela had recovered from his surgical procedure and the lung infection, the office said. He has made steady progress and was slowly returning to his daily routine.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mandela has a history of lung problems dating back to when he contracted tuberculosis as a political prisoner. He spent 27 years in prison, including 18 years on the windswept Robben Island off Cape Town.
He became South Africa's first black president after the first all-race elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid.
Mandela has been mostly absent from the political scene for the past several years due to poor health, while questions have been raised as to whether his ruling African National Congress has lost the moral compass he bequeathed it.
Mandela's "Rainbow Nation" of reconciliation has come under strain under President Jacob Zuma, a Zulu traditionalist with a history of racially charged comments.
Mandela, 94, who has been in frail health for several years, spent most of December in a Pretoria hospital - his longest stay for medical care since his release from prison in 1990.
He has been receiving treatment at his Johannesburg home after he left hospital on December 26.
"President Mandela has made steady progress and clinically, he continues to improve," the Office of the Presidency said in a statement.
Mandela had recovered from his surgical procedure and the lung infection, the office said. He has made steady progress and was slowly returning to his daily routine.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mandela has a history of lung problems dating back to when he contracted tuberculosis as a political prisoner. He spent 27 years in prison, including 18 years on the windswept Robben Island off Cape Town.
He became South Africa's first black president after the first all-race elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid.
Mandela has been mostly absent from the political scene for the past several years due to poor health, while questions have been raised as to whether his ruling African National Congress has lost the moral compass he bequeathed it.
Mandela's "Rainbow Nation" of reconciliation has come under strain under President Jacob Zuma, a Zulu traditionalist with a history of racially charged comments.
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