Mandela
Though
well advanced in age at 95, family members, the government and people
joined the first black South African President, Nelson Mandela, to fight
a serious battle for the revered leader to stay alive.
In this report, we present an outline of his battle to fight off a
stubborn lung infection and stay alive before the cold hand of death
snatched the icon on December 5.
Mandela suffered a lung infection in January 2011, and was briefly
hospitalised in Johannesburg to undergo surgery for a stomach ailment in
early 2012.
In December 2012, he was admitted to a Pretoria hospital for treatment
of the recurrence of the lung infection and to have gallstones removed.
He was in hospital between December 8 and 26 and discharged to go back
to Qunu his home town.
He was hospitalised again on March 9, 2013 in Pretoria for a scheduled check-up and discharged the following day.
On March 27, 2013, He was re-admitted due to the recurrence of the lung infection and discharged on April 6.
From then on, the 94-year-old former South African President was treated
by a team of doctors at his home for the recurring long infection.
Because his condition deteriorated, it was decided that he should be
taken back to the hospital. On June 8, 2013 he was admitted for the
fourth time in four months.
On June 24, 2013, the presidency announced that his condition was stable but critical.
On December 5, 2013, at the age of 95, Nelson Mandela died at his home
in Johannesburg, South Africa. President Jacob Zuma released a statement
later that day, about Mandela’s legacy: “Wherever we are in the
country, wherever we are in the world, let us reaffirm his vision of a
society … in which none is exploited, oppressed or dispossessed by
another,” he said. For decades to come, Nelson Mandela will continue to
be a source of inspiration for civil rights activists worldwide.
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