Nelson Mandela admitted to hospital in 'serious condition'

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

The former South African president is in a "serious but stable condition", a spokesman for the current President, Jacob Zuma, says.

Mr Mandela, 94, has been ill for some days but deteriorated overnight and was transferred to a hospital in Pretoria.
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His illness was described on Saturday as a recurrence of a lung infection, which has troubled him repeatedly.
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He contracted tuberculosis in the 1980s while being held in jail on the windswept Robben Island.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22824988

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I didn't know he'd had TB. That can't help the health of his lungs.

[Triana]

1. Aw. Sad news.

I do hope he manages to recover.

[struggle4progress]

2. That's not good news: he's nearly 95

[Octafish]

3. Heroic is just one word to describe him...

...He has blessed us all.

[AAO]

4. He's probably toast. What a great human being. I hope he rests in peace.

[Paulie]

5. Like Abe Vigoda

http://www.abevigoda.com/

And so is Mandella. All the best to him.

[Ash_F]

6. Remember when the righties in this country called him a terrorist?

Not so chique a position these days is it?