South African president Jacob Zuma has urged South Africans to pray for Mandela |
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela remains in critical but
stable condition in hospital, though "medical interventions" are
required because his health sometimes becomes unstable, the South
African government said Saturday.
Doctors are working hard for a "turnaround" in the condition of
95-year-old Mandela, who was admitted to a hospital in June with what
officials said was a recurring lung infection, the office of South
African President Jacob Zuma said in a statement.
In the statement, Zuma's office quoted doctors as saying the
anti-apartheid leader has "demonstrated great resilience" and that his
condition has tended to stabilize after medical treatments when his
health deteriorates.
"Doctors are still working hard to effect a turnaround and a further
improvement in his health and to keep the former President comfortable,"
the statement said.
Mandela remains very fragile, and many details of his medical condition
have not been divulged or are tightly controlled by his family and
Zuma's office. Zuma urged South Africans to pray for Mandela and to keep
him in their thoughts at all times.
Since June 8, when Mandela was taken to a Pretoria hospital to be
treated for a recurring lung infection, there has been a groundswell of
concern in South Africa and around the world for the man who spent 27
years as a prisoner under apartheid and then emerged to negotiate an end
to white racist rule before becoming president in the country's first
all-race elections in 1994.
Zuma's office said the president will travel to Malaysia Saturday on an
official visit during which he will receive a peace award on behalf of
Mandela.
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