{{Doctors treating Nelson Mandela said that he was in a “permanent vegetative state” and advised his family to turn off his life support machine, according to court documents dated June 26, obtained by media on Thursday.}}
“He is in a permanent vegetative state and is assisted in breathing by a life support machine,” said a legal filing related to a family dispute over reburying the remains of Mr Mandela’s three children.
“The Mandela family have been advised by the medical practitioners that his life support machine should be switched off.”
AFP
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