WHILE SERVING A 27-YEAR PRISON TERM IN 1988 NELSON MANDELA WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN STELLENBOSCH NEAR CAPE TOWN AFTER COMPLAINING OF DAMPNESS IN HIS CELL, A BAD COUGH AND WEAKNESS. NELSON MANDELA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY STAGE TUBERCULOSIS. TWO LITRES OF FLUID WERE DRAINED FROM HIS LUNGS AND HE SPENT SIX WEEKS RECUPERATING IN A STELLENBOSCH HOSPITAL BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO A PRIVATE CLINIC IN THE MAINLAND OF CAPE TOWN. NELSON MANDELA WAS THE CAPE TOWN PRIVATE CLINIC'S FIRST BLACK PATIENT. IN JANUARY 2011, NELSON MANDELA SET THE NATION ON EDGE WHEN HE WAS HOSPITALISED AT MILPARK HOSPITAL, JOHANNESBURG FOR TWO NIGHTS WITH AN UNNAMED ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AT THE AGE OF 92.
