Medics treating Mr Mandela, who is entering his fourth week of hospital
treatment for a recurring lung infection, have said the family should
consider letting him go rather than “prolonging his suffering”, reports the
news agency which cited a court document it had seen.
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| Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, center, is embraced by her daughter Zindzi Mandela, second from left, as they leave the Mediclinic Heart Hospital on Thursday evening |
"He is in a permanent vegetative state and is assisted in breathing by a
life support machine," read the document, dated June 26, which was
submitted by Mr Mandela’s oldest daughter Makaziwe and others in a court
battle with another family faction over burial rights.
"The Mandela family have been advised by the medical practitioners that
his life support machine should be switched off. Rather than prolonging his
suffering, the Mandela family is exploring this option as a very real
probability."
The claim came as Mr Mandela’s wife Graca spoke publicly for the first time
about her 94-year-old husband, saying he was “fine” and not in too much
pain.
Referring to Mr Mandela by his clan name, she said: "Madiba is sometimes
uncomfortable. Sometimes he is in pain. But he is fine."
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