Nelson Mandela spent his first night in many weeks at his home in Johannesburg on Sunday after being discharged from hospital in Pretoria.
The former South African president, 95, was admitted in early June for a recurring lung infection. The South African government has said his condition remains critical and can sometimes be unstable
“Madiba’s condition remains critical and is at times unstable,” said President Jacob Zuma in a statement, referring to Mr. Mandela by his clan name. “Nevertheless, his team of doctors are convinced that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his Houghton home that he received in Pretoria. His home has been reconfigured to allow him to receive intensive care there.”
Mr. Mandela, who turned 95 in July, was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria in June to be treated for a recurrence of a lung infection. His condition has ranged from serious to critical, Mr. Zuma said, and occasionally doctors have had to use “medical interventions” to stabilize him, the government has said.
Mr. Mandela has been in poor health for several years and has been hospitalized several times in the last year. He suffers from lung ailments caused in part by the tuberculosis he contracted while he was a prisoner. His latest hospitalization was such a concern to the nation, and the world, that it overshadowed President Obama’s visit to South Africa this summer.
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