Tuesday, June 13, 2006

de Klerk making steady progress in hospital

by Lunga Guza
Former South African president, FW de Kerk, is reportedly recovering at the Panorama Medi-Clinic in Cape Town, after suffering lung complications on Thursday.
According to the SABCnews.com, de Klerk was placed on a ventilator after lung problems that arose after he underwent cancer surgery last week.
The website quotes de Klerk's spokesperson, Dave Steward, as saying that the former president has regained consciousness but is still under sedation. de Klerk had a malignant tumor removed from his colon.

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