NAMES IN THE NEWS : Mother Teresa Released From Hospital, Reported Doing Well
CALCUTTA — Nobel laureate Mother Teresa was released from a hospital today, and a nun at her mission said she was doing well.
“We thank everyone who prayed for her during the crucial days,” Sister Priscilla said after the 79-year-old Roman Catholic nun returned to her mission. “Doctors have advised her complete rest.”
Mother Teresa, who won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, suffered a heart attack Sept. 5 and was hospitalized at Woodlands Nursing Home.
She was released Oct. 14, but admitted again Nov. 29 with high blood pressure and dizziness. Surgeons implanted a pacemaker Dec. 1.
Doctors attributed the illness to her hectic schedule at the Missionaries of Charity.
Mother Teresa came to India in 1929 and devoted her life to assisting the dying and destitute in the teeming metropolis of Calcutta. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her charity work, and her order employs about 40,000 workers in 92 countries.
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