Saturday, December 15, 2012

South Africa:Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has gallstones removed - recovering

Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP

Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African president and Nobel Peace laureate hospitalized with a lung infection, has successfully undergone a procedure to have gallstones removed, the government said on Saturday.

"The former president underwent a procedure via endoscopy to have gallstones removed. The procedure was successful and Madiba is recovering," an official revealed in a statement, using Mandela's

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