S Africa's Tutu out of hospital after infection

July 22, 2015 00:18

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been discharged from hospital after a week of treatment for a persistent infection, his family said today, adding doctors had ordered him to rest.

The 83-year-old Nobel peace laureate was on a course of intravenous antibiotics to treat the infection, which was not connected with the prostate cancer that he has lived with for 15 years.

His daughter Mpho Tutu paid tribute to his medical team, who prescribed a period of rest to complete his recovery.

"They have been fantastic and we'll be doing our best not to disappoint them," she said in a statement.

It added that Tutu arrived home in a dressing gown embroidered with the words "Feet Up Arch", and that he was looking forward to spending some time with his wife and watching cricket on television.

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