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SA: Statement by the Presidency, on the health of Nelson Mandela (27/01/2011)

27th January 2011

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The Presidency calls for calm and restraint amid reports that the media is camping outside a Johannesburg hospital where former President Nelson Mandela is hospitalised.
President Mandela is comfortable and is well looked after by a good team of medical specialists.
We urge the media to afford him the dignity and respect that he is entitled to as the country’s founding democratic President, as a national hero and also as a citizen of the Republic.
The media should balance the quest for stories with acting within the bounds of human decency and ensuring the respect for human dignity. The doctors also need to be allowed to do their work without undue pressure.
President Zuma, who is attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, is kept abreast of developments by the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Lindiwe Sisulu, whose department is responsible for the healthcare of current and former Presidents.
President Zuma wishes former President Mandela well and requests that the family be accorded space to support him in privacy and dignity.
 

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