Former South African President Nelson Mandela, 94, faces on Wednesday (26) its fourth day hospitalized in critical condition after being hospitalized on June 8 by a relapse of a lung infection.
The health status of Madiba, as Mandela is popularly known in South Africa, has worsened during the last Sunday.
Until then, his condition was classified as "serious but stable" by doctors. The Presidency of the Government had stated that Mandela responded well to treatment, and family members speculated that the former president be discharged soon.
However, the news on Sunday buried completely optimism about his recovery in South Africa
Mandela's family met yesterday in the city southeast of Qunu, where he grew the elder statesman, to discuss "sensitive issues" family.
Waiting for official news, local media tries to shed light on the situation of the father of multiracial democracy in South Africa with information about the surrounding Mandela.
Citing sources close to the family, the South African newspaper The Citizen said today that Madiba breathes with the help of machines, the functioning of your kidneys is very bad and is undergoing kidney dialysis regularly.
According to the newspaper, doctors have offered families the possibility to turn off the machines that keep Mandela still alive.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, where he is hospitalized the global icon of racial equality, citizens leave anonymous gifts, flowers, songs and messages of support for Mandela.
The visits to the medical center and also continue, beyond the daily presence of the family were in the compound yesterday the Minister of Defence, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba.
The former personal physician Madiba, Vejay Ramlakan, also visited the hospital today.
Nelson Mandela was hospitalized on four occasions since the month of December.
The former president contracted respiratory problems, which suffers from a recurring basis during his 27 years in prisons in apartheid regime against which he fought for nearly seven decades.
The first black president of South Africa won the admiration of South Africans and the world for his courage in time to combat institutionalized racism imposed by the white minority.
But above all, by its clear commitment for reconciliation and coexistence in the transition unit that led along with the last president of apartheid, De Klerk, which yielded the two Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
The South African newspaper The Star published today, citing family sources Mandela, the meeting served to treat about where to be buried former activist against the racist regime of "apartheid".
According to this source, the family is divided between those who are supporters of the remains of Madiba in Qunu rest - where Mandela has a house - and those who prefer to bury him in Mvezo (southeast), where he was born.
Source: http://noticias.r7.com/internacional
The health status of Madiba, as Mandela is popularly known in South Africa, has worsened during the last Sunday.
Until then, his condition was classified as "serious but stable" by doctors. The Presidency of the Government had stated that Mandela responded well to treatment, and family members speculated that the former president be discharged soon.
However, the news on Sunday buried completely optimism about his recovery in South Africa
Mandela's family met yesterday in the city southeast of Qunu, where he grew the elder statesman, to discuss "sensitive issues" family.
Waiting for official news, local media tries to shed light on the situation of the father of multiracial democracy in South Africa with information about the surrounding Mandela.
Citing sources close to the family, the South African newspaper The Citizen said today that Madiba breathes with the help of machines, the functioning of your kidneys is very bad and is undergoing kidney dialysis regularly.
According to the newspaper, doctors have offered families the possibility to turn off the machines that keep Mandela still alive.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, where he is hospitalized the global icon of racial equality, citizens leave anonymous gifts, flowers, songs and messages of support for Mandela.
The visits to the medical center and also continue, beyond the daily presence of the family were in the compound yesterday the Minister of Defence, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba.
The former personal physician Madiba, Vejay Ramlakan, also visited the hospital today.
Nelson Mandela was hospitalized on four occasions since the month of December.
The former president contracted respiratory problems, which suffers from a recurring basis during his 27 years in prisons in apartheid regime against which he fought for nearly seven decades.
The first black president of South Africa won the admiration of South Africans and the world for his courage in time to combat institutionalized racism imposed by the white minority.
But above all, by its clear commitment for reconciliation and coexistence in the transition unit that led along with the last president of apartheid, De Klerk, which yielded the two Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
The South African newspaper The Star published today, citing family sources Mandela, the meeting served to treat about where to be buried former activist against the racist regime of "apartheid".
According to this source, the family is divided between those who are supporters of the remains of Madiba in Qunu rest - where Mandela has a house - and those who prefer to bury him in Mvezo (southeast), where he was born.
Source: http://noticias.r7.com/internacional
