21.   Five of the patients heading to La Louviere hospital are being treated for joint replacements, while the rest will undergo cataract operations.

22.   But he has had heart by-pass surgery, a cataract operation and last year underwent surgery on a swollen prostate gland.

23.   The second was after the complicated cataract operation.

24.   Mandela would undergo another cataract operation on his right eye at a future date, Amoils said, but did not say when.

25.   Last month she underwent a cataract operation on her left eye and has been wearing a bandage on her right leg due to an ulcerated injury.

26.   Last month she underwent a successful cataract operation, and has been wearing a bandage on her right leg said to be suffering an ulcerated injury.

27.   Mandela was discharged from a Johannesburg clinic Wednesday after undergoing a cataract operation to his left eye.

28.   South African president Nelson Mandela had planned to attend but, because of a recent cataract operation, he will now be represented by his deputy, Thabo Mbeki.