Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid leader and former South African president, has been discharged from hospital and has returned home after being treated for a recurring lung infection, according to government sources.
"Madiba's condition remains critical
and is at times unstable," the South
African president's office said on
Sunday, referring to the 95-year-old
Mandela by his clan name.
"His team of doctors are convinced
that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his Houghton [in Johannesburg] home that he received in Pretoria," the statement said.
This comes after a weekend statement
by a family member that he had been discharged was denied by Mac Maharaj, the presidential
spokesperson.
Mandela had been receiving medical treatment in a Pretoria hospital for almost three months since June 8.
Al Jazeera's Tania Page, reporting
from Johannesburg, said there are
hopes that there will be some sort of recovery.
"This is a very gravely ill man, but [the presidency] has gone to great pains to explain that he will be receiving full medical support at his home," she said.
She said the president's office had
avoided getting into details out of
respect for Mandela and his family.
culled from Aljazeera
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