{"id":13503,"date":"2013-04-25T09:03:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T08:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/13503-desmond-tutu-admitted-to-hospital"},"modified":"2013-04-25T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T08:03:10","slug":"desmond-tutu-admitted-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/desmond-tutu-admitted-to-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmond Tutu admitted to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/images\/stories\/2011\/people\/Tutu.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" \/>NCRI &#8211; A South African foundation said on Wednesday retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has checked into a Cape Town hospital for treatment of a persistent infection.<\/p>\n<p>The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said the Nobel Peace Prize laureate will undergo tests to discover the cause of the infection, news agencies reported.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation says 81-year-old Tutu spent Wednesday morning in his office before going to the hospital and was in good spirits. 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