Tutu back in hospital

25 August 2016 - 08:41 By Reuters
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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu checked into a Cape Town hospital for a recurring infection, his daughter said yesterday. It is the same bug that kept him in hospital for a week last year.

"He is expected to remain in hospital for a week or two. The Archbishop underwent similar treatment last year," Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe said.

It is unclear what infection Tutu, 84, is suffering from but his family has said it is not related to the prostate cancer he has been living with for nearly 20 years.

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