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Nelson Mandela’s Collapsed Lung: BBC’s Karen Allen Says South Africa ‘Holds Its Breath’

by | 28th, January 2011

NELSON Mandela is in Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. He’s unwell. He has a collapsed lung. He’s 92. Obit writers make sure their pieces are up to date. The media are massed outside. Among them is Karen Allen, of the BBC. Says she:

“The country holds its breath.”

Is Mandela’ health so closely aligned to the state of the nation?



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