Nelson Mandela on dialysis for kidney failure
Posted: Jul 5, 2013 9:17 PM EST | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 5:38 AM EST
Nelson Mandela is on life support and going through dialysis treatment to treat kidney failure.
Officials say the former South African leader is not in a vegetative state and that he is responding and opening his eyes when spoken to.
Mandela has been hospitalized for the past month with a recurring lung infection.
