South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu Discharged From Hospital

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has left the Cape Town hospital on Tuesday, after treatment for an infection.

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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu was discharged from a hospital in Cape Town Tuesday after undergoing treatment for a persistent infection, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said.

The infection was a consequence of treatment for prostate cancer that Tutu has received over the past 18 years, the foundation said in an e-mailed statement. The cancer itself was well under control, his daughter, Mpho, was cited as saying in the statement.