{"id":15041,"date":"2013-06-08T17:34:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T13:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=15041"},"modified":"2013-06-08T17:34:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T13:34:46","slug":"nelson-mandela-hospitalized-former-south-african-president-in-serious-but-stable-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=15041","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Mandela Hospitalized: Former South African President in &#8216;Serious But Stable Condition&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/history\/nelson-mandela.htm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/gty_nelson_mandela_ll_130328_wg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-15038\" alt=\"gty_nelson_mandela_ll_130328_wg\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/gty_nelson_mandela_ll_130328_wg.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/gty_nelson_mandela_ll_130328_wg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/gty_nelson_mandela_ll_130328_wg-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/gty_nelson_mandela_ll_130328_wg-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a>Nelson Mandela<\/a>, the former president of <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/south-africa.htm\">South Africa<\/a>, is in &#8220;serious but stable condition&#8221; after contracting a lung infection, South Africa officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The 94-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/world\/nobel-peace-prize.htm\">Nobel Peace prize<\/a> winner&#8217;s &#8220;condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a Pretoria hospital,&#8221; early Saturday morning according to statement from the office of South African President <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/world\/jacob-zuma.htm\">Jacob Zuma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The former President is receiving expert medical care and doctors are doing everything possible to make him better and comfortable,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;President Jacob Zuma, on behalf of government and the nation, wishes Madiba a speedy recovery and requests the media and the public to respect the privacy of Madiba and his family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/nelson-mandela-discharged-south-african-hospital\/story?id=18895580#.UbMRifLfIUE\">In April, Mandela spent 18 days in the hospital due to a lung infection<\/a> and was treated for gall stones in December 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, is in &#8220;serious but stable condition&#8221; after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,155,137],"tags":[1258],"class_list":["post-15041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","tag-nelson-mandela-hospitalized-former-south-african-president-in-serious-but-stable-condition","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}