Tutu checked himself into a Cape Town hospital late last month for treatment to control the infection. According to a statement released by his family, the Archbishop has continued to respond well to treatment.
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The Tutu family released a statement confirming thatTutu’s surgery was successful and that he was in good spirits.
Tutu also thanks the Archbishop’s superb medical team.
Relatives did not give any more detail on his ailment, but said it was not related to the prostate cancer he has had for almost 20 years.
He was hospitalised three times in 2015 over a persistent infection that his foundation – the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation – said was a result of the prostate cancer treatment he has been receiving for almost 20 years.
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South African cleric and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu has had successful surgery to treat recurring infections that have afflicted him for more than a year, his family said on Wednesday.
