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Will Nelson Mandela be able to leave hospital by Sunday?
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Settled on 01/28/2011 13:54 Settled by
kruijshttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/world/africa/29safrica.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Nelson Mandela, the beloved but increasingly frail hero of South African democracy, remained hospitalized for a second day here Thursday for what his foundation called “routine tests.”
As friends and family filed into Milpark Hospital to visit Mr. Mandela, 92, the nation’s current president and leaders of the governing party, the African National Congress, sought to calm an anxious public and scolded the press for what a party spokesman, Jackson Mthembu, called “unwarranted speculation.”
The Nelson Mandela Foundation said in a brief statement Wednesday, “He is in no danger and is in good spirits.” And President Jacob Zuma’s office said Thursday that Mr. Mandela “is comfortable and is well looked after by a good team of medical specialists.”
But neither the foundation nor the government has released specific information about the reason for Mr. Mandela’s hospitalization, or why he remained overnight there. Instead, they have issued pleas to the public to respect Mr. Mandela’s privacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/africa/28safrica.html?src=twrhp
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