Surgeon Sergio Alfieri speaks to journalists on Saturday within the entrance corridor of Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, the place Pope Francis has been receiving therapy for bilateral pneumonia.
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Pope Francis will depart the hospital on Sunday, his medical crew stated.
After spending greater than 5 weeks within the hospital, docs stated that his life-threatening respiratory sickness was efficiently handled, and that he would require two months of relaxation and care on the Vatican.
Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 with a extreme respiratory an infection that triggered pneumonia in each lungs.
“At this time, we’re completely satisfied to say that tomorrow he shall be at residence,” Sergio Alfieri, the hospital’s head of medication and surgical procedure, informed journalists on Saturday evening.
The information follows updates from the Vatican noting his improved situation.
Throughout his hospitalization, the pope skilled two “very important episodes” through which his “life was in peril,” Alfieri stated.
Francis underwent two bronchoscopies to attempt to take away mucus secretions in his lungs, the Vatican stated earlier this month. He had additionally acquired noninvasive mechanical air flow. However the pontiff by no means required a tracheal tube to maintain his airway open.
“The holy father was by no means intubated and he at all times remained alert and oriented,” Alfieri stated.
Alfieri informed reporters that the bilateral pneumonia has been efficiently handled, however time is required for a whole restoration.
Francis will want two months of relaxation on the Vatican, throughout which he’ll proceed to obtain medical care, the surgeon stated.
In what shall be his first public look he was hospitalized, Francis will give his blessing shortly after midday on Sunday to a crowd exterior the hospital, the Vatican stated in a press release.
Earlier Saturday, the pope despatched a message to pilgrims who’re in Rome for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee 12 months.
The pope thanked pilgrims for his or her prayers, and them requested to proceed sending messages of assist, in response to the Vatican. “I bless you and pray for you. And please: proceed to hope for me too.”
