Joanesburgo, 17 Sep 2016 (AFP) - South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 84, and Nobel Peace Prize, was hospitalized again on Saturday after he was discharged three days after surgery, said his family.
Tutu had been hospitalized on August 24 by "a recurrent infection" that needed "a minor surgical operation." She was discharged on Wednesday and was again hospitalized on Saturday.
"The archbishop was hospitalized on Saturday as a precaution after the injury caused by the operation showed signs of infection," his family said in a statement.
His wife, Leah Tutu, said he was "very grateful for the prayers and support."
Figure of the fight "anti-apartheid" and companion of Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa, Tutu held for nearly 20 years a treatment against prostate cancer.
The Cape Town the former archbishop gained worldwide recognition for its firm opposition to the white minority who ran South Africa.
In 1984 he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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