Former archbishop Desmond Tutu, 81, expecting to be in hospital for days after he is admitted for 'persistent infection'

From The Daily Mail-

Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has checked into a South African hospital for treatment of a persistent infection.

The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said the Nobel Peace Prize laureate will undergo tests to discover the cause of the infection.

The foundation says 81-year-old Tutu spent this morning in his office before going to a Cape Town hospital and was in good spirits.

It added the non-surgical treatment is expected to take five days.
Tutu was a vigorous campaigner against the system of white racist rule known as apartheid, which ended when democratic elections were held in 1994.

The Nobel Prize Winner was also the first black South African Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa and primate of the Anglican Church of South Africa.

He became a prominent leader, crusading for justice and racial conciliation in South Africa.
In 1984 he received a Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his contributions to that cause.

His hospitalisation comes weeks after Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, was taken into hospital.

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