FOXNews.com: GOING HOME Mandela Discharged From South Africa Hospital

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GOING HOME Mandela Discharged From South Africa Hospital Sep 1st 2013, 11:08 Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a Pretoria hospital after an 85-day stay to treat a recurring lung infection, though his condition was described as still being "critical and at times unstable." The office of current South African President Jacob Zuma confirmed Sunday that Mandela had been released in a statement saying that South Africa's first black, post-apartheid leader would return to his home on the outskirts of Johannesburg to receive further treatment.  "[Mandela's] team of doctors are convinced that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his Houghton home that he received in Pretoria," the statement read in part. "His home has been reconfigured to allow him to receive intensive care there. The health care personnel providing care at his home are the very same who provided care to him in hospital. If there are health conditions that warrant another admission to hospital in future, this will be done." The 95-year-old Mandela was admitted to the hospital on June 8. As the days of his stay turned into weeks and months, well-wishers from around South Africa and around the world expressed their concerns and sent good wishes to the respected leader, who passed his 95th birthday in hospital and was not well enough to receive President Barack Obama when the American leader visited South Africa earlier this summer.  The statement by Zuma's office thanked the medical personnel and "most media," who were described as "notably responsible" in their reporting of Mandela's illness.  The statement concluded: "We now call on all to allow the former President and his family the necessary private space so that his continuing care can proceed with dignity and without unnecessary intrusion."     Mandela gained international renown as a campaigner against South Africa's racist apartheid regime, an activity for which he was imprisoned for 27 years beginning in 1963. Mandela's release, amid growing international pressure, was granted by then-South African President F.W. de Klerk, who turned out to be Mandela's predecessor when the former prisoner won the country's first post-apartheid elections in 1994. Mandela served a single five-year term before retiring from political life.

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