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S. Africa's Desmond Tutu in 2-week antibiotic treatment

Xinhua, August 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Africa's Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been put on a new course of antibiotic treatment that will prolong his stay in hospital, his foundation said on Thursday.

Tutu "is in good spirits and not in any pain" and he will stay in hospital for another two weeks, the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said.

The 83-year-old archbishop was re-admitted to a Cape Town hospital on Tuesday due to inflammation, unlike last time's treatment of an "persistent infection", Tutu's daughter, the Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu, said earlier.

She said Tutu "had humbly requested journalists not to anticipate daily updates on his condition".

Tutu was grateful to the media for its concern over his health and expressed appreciation for the "prayers and good wishes" from so many people, she added.

Tutu has been in and out of hospital in the past month. He was first hospitalized in mid-July and stayed for one week.

But the admissions were not related to his treatment of prostate cancer. The prostate cancer itself was under control, according to Mpho Tutu. Enditem