Publication	Cape Times
Date	2007-11-16
Reporter	Sapa
Web Link	www.capetimes.co.za

 

DURBAN: Schabir Shaik is back in hospital after suffering a mild stroke last week, the Department of Correctional services said yesterday.

Spokesman Manelisi Wolela confirmed that Shaik had suffered a mild stroke and had been admitted to the Albert Luthuli Hospital here.

"Shaik had some medical complications in prison and doctors advised he should be taken to hospital for further medical treatment. He was sent to hospital on November 10," he said.

The department declined to comment on Shaik's condition or state when he might be released from hospital.

Shaik is serving a 15-year sentence for fraud relating to his relationship with former deputy president Jacob Zuma.

But on November 24 last year he was admitted to St Augustine's hospital. At the time, his family said he had suffered a minor stroke. He had been treated for high blood pressure since being admitted to hospital, running up a bill of what some analysts believed could be more than R500 000.

Shaik was removed from St Augustine's hospital here and sent to Westville Prison following an order from Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour. In April, Shaik was admitted to the cardiac unit in Albert Luthuli Hospital after suffering from hypertension and depression. - Sapa

With acknowledgements to Sapa and Cape Times.