Tuesday 30 July 2013

Mandela 'continues to show improvement': presidency

This picture taken on July 19, 2013 shows well-wishing messages left for former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Medi Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria. Nelson Mandela continues to show signs of improvement after two months of hospital treatment, the South African presidency said July 30, 2013. AFP 
This picture taken on July 19, 2013 shows well-wishing messages left for former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Medi Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria. Nelson Mandela continues to show signs of improvement after two months of hospital treatment, the South African presidency said July 30, 2013. AFP 
By AFP
Posted  Tuesday, July 30   2013 at  12:00
 
JOHANNESBURG
Nelson Mandela continues to show signs of improvement after two months of hospital treatment, the South African presidency said Tuesday, but gave no details of his condition after reported scares.
"Former president Nelson Mandela still remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Pretoria, and continues to show improvement," it said in a statement.
The update was issued after US network CBS reported that Mandela underwent a" surgical procedure to unblock a dialysis tube" and had two scares in recent weeks.
"On one occasion Nelson Mandela was not responding to his meds (medicines), and on another his life support machine showed him in distress."
The government refused to comment on the reports.
But since being rushed to hospital on June 8, the 95-year-old Nobel peace laureate has at time appeared to be at serious risk.
Friends and family said he has been breathing with the aid of a ventilator and had undergone dialysis.
President Jacob Zuma urged the public to "continue praying for Madiba," using Mandela's clan name, and taking part in community projects that will take forward his work.
Mandela's 95th birthday earlier this month was marked in South Africa by an outpouring of charitable deeds, with many people offering 67 minutes of service for the 67 years he was in public service.

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