FORMER President Nelson Mandela was discharged from a Johannesburg hospital yesterday after he was admitted for a routine check-up on Saturday afternoon.
Madiba’s grandson, Nkosi Mandla Mandela, confirmed his grandfather had been admitted for a routine check-up on Saturday afternoon, but had returned to his Houghton home in Johannesburg yesterday afternoon.
“Nkosi Dalibhunga (Madiba’s praise name) is back home. As I said it was just a routine check-up,'” said Mandla who is the senior traditional leader and head of the Mvezo Traditional Council in Mvezo where Madiba was born 94 years ago.
The Presidency had earlier announced Madiba had been admitted to hospital for a routine medical check-up.
Doctors indicated there was no reason for alarm.
Mandla, during a brief interview with the Daily Dispatch on Saturday night at his Mvezo Great Place – where Madiba was born – said the family had been aware of Mandela’s admission to hospital.
“But we maintain people who are better placed to comment on my grandfather’s health is the Presidency and the SANDF. They are the ones responsible for making official comments,” said Mandla.
“It was just for routine check-up. At 94, he is no longer a young man, so from time to time a person of his age will be sent for a scheduled check-up, and that does not necessarily mean he is sick.”
Mandla was speaking during a dinner with traditional leaders and councillors after hosting a sports tournament in Mvezo.
Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj confirmed Madiba had been discharged from a Pretoria Hospital after doctors had completed a successful examination.
“He is well and medically fit. We are appealing to the media and the public to respect Madiba’s medical privacy and that of his family,” said Maharaj.
Last year Mandela spent more than two weeks in hospital in December receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection and then an operation to remove gall stones.
He was discharged after an 18-day stay and was placed under home-based high care at his Houghton home.
He has not been to his Qunu home near Mthatha since his discharge on Boxing Day. His family said although they wanted him to come home to Qunu, his health came first.
“If doctors believe he must be in hospital, then he must stay there and we don’t have a problem with that. The thing we want the most is that he fully recover,” Mandla said in December. —
Mandela home after routine tests
Madiba’s grandson, Nkosi Mandla Mandela, confirmed his grandfather had been admitted for a routine check-up on Saturday afternoon, but had returned to his Houghton home in Johannesburg yesterday afternoon.
“Nkosi Dalibhunga (Madiba’s praise name) is back home. As I said it was just a routine check-up,'” said Mandla who is the senior traditional leader and head of the Mvezo Traditional Council in Mvezo where Madiba was born 94 years ago.
The Presidency had earlier announced Madiba had been admitted to hospital for a routine medical check-up.
Doctors indicated there was no reason for alarm.
Mandla, during a brief interview with the Daily Dispatch on Saturday night at his Mvezo Great Place – where Madiba was born – said the family had been aware of Mandela’s admission to hospital.
“But we maintain people who are better placed to comment on my grandfather’s health is the Presidency and the SANDF. They are the ones responsible for making official comments,” said Mandla.
“It was just for routine check-up. At 94, he is no longer a young man, so from time to time a person of his age will be sent for a scheduled check-up, and that does not necessarily mean he is sick.”
Mandla was speaking during a dinner with traditional leaders and councillors after hosting a sports tournament in Mvezo.
Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj confirmed Madiba had been discharged from a Pretoria Hospital after doctors had completed a successful examination.
“He is well and medically fit. We are appealing to the media and the public to respect Madiba’s medical privacy and that of his family,” said Maharaj.
Last year Mandela spent more than two weeks in hospital in December receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection and then an operation to remove gall stones.
He was discharged after an 18-day stay and was placed under home-based high care at his Houghton home.
He has not been to his Qunu home near Mthatha since his discharge on Boxing Day. His family said although they wanted him to come home to Qunu, his health came first.
“If doctors believe he must be in hospital, then he must stay there and we don’t have a problem with that. The thing we want the most is that he fully recover,” Mandla said in December. —
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