MANDELA DISHARGED FROM HOSPITAL

Apr 28, 2012 Samuel Africa News 0

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Former South African President, Nelson Mandela has been discharged from an overnight hospital stay after a diagnostic probe showed nothing “seriously wrong” with the anti-apartheid icon. South Africa’s presidency has said. “Former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital following his admission yesterday, Saturday February 25^th”, President Jacob Zuma’s office said in a statement yesterday.

“The doctors have decided to send him home as the diagnostic procedure he underwent did not indicate anything seriously wrong with him”. Mandela, 93 underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy, a procedure in which doctors probe the abdominal area using a tiny camera.

The beloved national icon has been living in his Johannesburg home where he returned last month from his rural childhood village in the Eastern Cape some 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the country’s economic hub. Shortly before his discharge was announced, Zuma said Mandela was relaxed a comfortable after his night’s stay in hospital and was surrounded by his family.

“The doctors have assured us that there is nothing to worry about and that Mandela is in good health”, Zuma said in an earlier statement. Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu confirmed the laparoscopy and said it was to investigate ongoing discomfort. “He’s fine, he is recovering from anesthetic and he is as fine as can be at his age. He is fine and handsome”, Sisulu, who ministry is charged with Mandela’s health care told a press confidence in Cape Town – AFP.

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