
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, August 23, 1993                   TAG: 9308230059
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NEW DELHI, INDIA                                LENGTH: Short

HEALTH WORSE, MOTHER TERESA IN CORONARY UNIT

The health of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa deteriorated Sunday and doctors moved her to a coronary unit after she developed trouble breathing.

The problem was caused by lung congestion and "because of an unstable heart condition," said a statement from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

The Roman Catholic nun was admitted to the hospital on Friday with malaria, a tropical disease transmitted by mosquitoes. It is characterized by high fever, severe chills and enlargement of the spleen.

Mother Teresa, who will turn 83 on Friday, has had problems breathing since Saturday.

"She was shifted to the Coronary Care Unit because her heart condition needs continuous monitoring," said the hospital spokesman, B.K. Dash. Her condition was described as stable.

Mother Teresa was fitted with a pacemaker after suffering a second heart attack in 1989 that nearly killed her. - Associated Press

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