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South Africa’s Tutu being treated for “stubborn infection”
Associated Press ^ | Jul 16, 2015 10:50 AM EDT | Lynsey Chutel

Posted on 07/16/2015 11:09:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai

It’s time for retired archbishop Desmond Tutu to begin saying no to public events in order to conserve his health, his daughter said Thursday, as the Nobel laureate remained hospitalized for a persistent infection.

Tutu, 83, was admitted to a Cape Town hospital on Tuesday where he is receiving an “intensive course” of antibiotics to fight a “stubborn infection,” the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said earlier in a statement. […]

Tutu’s illness is not related to prostate cancer, for which he has been treated for years, Mpho Tutu said. It is uncertain how long he will remain in hospital, she said. She would not reveal the exact nature of his infection. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Religion
KEYWORDS: desmondtutu; infection; prostatecancer; southafrica

1 posted on 07/16/2015 11:09:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Why couldn’t this happen to Mugabe? Tutu threatens no one.


2 posted on 07/16/2015 11:12:20 AM PDT by lee martell (The sag)
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To: lee martell

America has a stubborn infection also.


3 posted on 07/16/2015 11:19:44 AM PDT by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Nachum; null and void

Bringout Cherdead!


4 posted on 07/16/2015 11:30:30 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Olog-hai

From National Review a long time ago- a paraphrase: Desmond TuTu is South Africa’s Martin Luther King Jr. Both received Nobel Peace Prizes but MLK got two of them. Should they not have given two to Tutu, too?


5 posted on 07/16/2015 5:30:33 PM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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