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Former South African President Nelson Mandela is "responding
positively" to treatment after he was readmitted to a hospital overnight
for a recurring lung infection.
President Jacob Zuma's
office passed along the doctors' assessment of Mandela, the 94-year-old
anti-apartheid icon and nation's first black president.
"He remains under treatment and observation in hospital," Zuma said Thursday.
Mandela was conscious when he was taken to the hospital just before midnight Wednesday, Zuma's office said.
It's the second time this
month he has been hospitalized. More than two weeks ago, he was taken
to a hospital for what officials described as a routine checkup.
Mandela has become increasingly frail over the years, and has not
appeared in public since South Africa hosted the World Cup in 2010.
"Doctors are attending to him, ensuring that he has the best possible
expert medical treatment and comfort," Zuma's office said in an earlier
statement Thursday.
"We appeal to the people of South Africa and the world to pray for our
beloved Madiba and his family, and to keep them in their thoughts."
"Madiba" is Mandela's clan name, which is widely used in the nation.
Josh Earnest, White House deputy press secretary, said President Barack Obama is being updated on Mandela's health.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the former president and his family," Earnest said.
HBC: We wish him better health and 100 more years. We hope to see the day we will love and cherish there leader the way these people love this Man.
Common, 100 more years? That's a curse oo, 100 is too much.
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