/ 9 April 1999

MALAN RECOVERING FROM BYPASS

FORMER defence minister Magnus Malan was “doing fine” after his second heart bypass operation, Malan’s wife Margot said on Friday. Malan had the operation on Thursday morning after complaining of tiredness. An angiogram showed that one his arteries was clogged so specialists ordered corrective surgery. Malan said her husband had his first bypass 13 years ago. Malan has already survived leukemia. He was minister of defence from 1980 to 1991.