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Mother Teresa...suffered a heart attack in Rome in 1983, while visiting Pope John Paul II. After a second attack in 1989, she received an artificial pacemaker. In 1991, after a battle with pneumonia while in Mexico, she suffered further heart problems. She offered to resign her position as head of the Missionaries of Charity. But the nuns of the order, in a secret ballot, voted for her to stay. Mother Teresa agreed to continue her work as head of the order. In April 1996, Mother Teresa fell and broke her collar bone. In August she suffered from malaria and failure of the left heart ventricle. She had heart surgery, but it was clear that her health was declining. When she fell ill, she made the controversial decision to be treated at a well-equipped hospital in California instead of one of her own clinics. The Archbishop of Calcutta, Henry Sebastian D'Souza, said he ordered a priest to perform an exorcism on Mother Teresa with her permission when she was first hospitalized with cardiac problems because he thought she may be under attack by the devil.
On March 13, 1997, she stepped down from the head of Missionaries of Charity. She died on September 5, 1997.
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What was Mother Teresa ill with?
Mother Teresa suffered with recurring bouts of malaria as well as cardiac problems which eventually led to her death.
Did Mother Teresa have leprosy?
Mother Teresa did not have leprosy. However, she did contract tuberculosis as well as malaria while working in India.
What were the diseases that Mother Teresa faced?
hearts attacks , malaria, pneumonia etc.
What diseases did Mother Teresa have in her lifetime?
She had serious heart problems, pneumonia and malaria as well as other ailments.
What were some of Mother Teresa's health problems?
Mother Teresa was always frail of health, even as a child. She suffered from heart problems and had periodic bouts of malaria. In her younger years she also contracted tuberculosis.
What was the reason for Mother Teresa's death?
She died in Calcutta, India on September 5, 1997.
What went on with Mother Teresa's health?
She had malaria and TB (not quite shore about TB) and died of a heart attack and a stroke simultaneously.
What kind of sickness did Mother Teresa have?
Mother Teresa suffered from a number of health problems throughout her life. She had tuberculosis in her early years in India and suffered periodic bouts with malaria and heart problems which eventually took her life.
Why was Mother Teresa ill?
Mother Teresa was always frail of stature and health. Over the years she suffered from such disease as tuberculosis, malaria, pneumonia and these eventually took a toll on her heart. She suffered three heart attacks and the final one in 1997 killed her.
What was Mother Teresa's hardship?
When Mother Teresa began her ministry to the poor, she had no funding and had to beg for food and supplies. Also, her health was always an issue. She suffered from recurring bouts of malaria and had three heart attacks in later years, the last of which took her life.
Did Mother Teresa have any illnesses?
Mother Teresa was always frail of stature and health. Over the years she suffered from such disease as tuberculosis, malaria, pneumonia and these eventually took a toll on her heart. She suffered three heart attacks and the final one in 1997 killed her.
What did mother Teresa's attitudes have?
Mother Teresa to have them.
