Former South
African
President
Nelson
Mandela was
discharged
from the
hospital
Saturday, the
country's
presidential
office said, "following a sustained and gradual
improvement in his general condition."
Mandela "will now receive home based high
care," the statement said.
The 94-year-old, who was South Africa's first
black president, was admitted to the hospital on
March 27. He has received treatment for a
recurring lung infection and pneumonia.
The governing African National Congress
welcomed the news.
"Let us continue to keep President Mandela and
his family in our prayers as he continues to
receive treatment from home," the party said in
a statement.
The presidential office did not specify whether
Mandela would return to his home in
Johannesburg or in his childhood village of
Qunu.
Each home is equipped with a mini clinic that
can provide 24-hour care as he continues his
recovery from this bout of pneumonia.
Mandela, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has
become increasingly frail over the years and has
not appeared in public since South Africa hosted
the World Cup in 2010.
His history of lung problems dates back to when
he was a political prisoner on Robben Island
during apartheid. He contracted tuberculosis
during the 27 years he was imprisoned.
He underwent treatment for a lung infection and
had surgery to remove gallstones over the
Christmas holiday in 2012, one of his longest
hospital stays since his release from prison in
1990.
President Jacob Zuma "thanks the hard working
medical team and hospital staff for looking after
Madiba so efficiently," the statement from the
presidential office said.
"He also extended his gratitude to all South
Africans and friends of the Republic in Africa
and around the world for support."
Madiba is Mandela's clan name, and how he is
widely referred to in South Africa.
CNN

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