Pope Francis will be discharged this Sunday

Vatican News

At a press conference from Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, the departure of Pope Francis Hospital has been announced. Sergio Alviri, director of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the Jimili Hospital and the director of the team that followed the Pope, and Luigi Carbon, Deputy Director and PhD in the Holy Father, announced that: “The good news that I imagine is that everyone is waiting tomorrow that the Holy Father will hit him tomorrow.

Doctors who present a summary of the clinical situation during hospital treatment, since February 14, pointed to the following: “When accepting, the Holy Father presented the sharp respiratory system because it has improved significantly, and the patient took from the most important episodes.” They have identified the doctors who were always alertness, directed, and not two temples. ”

The medical team has described that “the continuation of drug treatments in part is a very important recommendation for the recovery period for at least two months.”

Likewise, doctors note that he is “highly protected”, explaining that for the sake of convalescence, the needs of their return to their residence in Santa Marta will take into account, but nothing special has been prepared: “They are usually oxygen as needed.

Doctors answered the questions of journalists, starting with those related to the voice of the Pope, after the information that was distributed yesterday about difficulty, by the Pope, to speak, they said: “When there is bilateral pneumonia, the lungs were damaged, and the respiratory muscles also suffer from problems … One of the first things that happens is that the sound has lost little. High.” As with all young and old patients, but especially with the elderly, “the sound will take again what it was before.” However, compared to ten days, there were also “important improvements” in this regard.

As for the return to the work of the Pope, the two specialists explained that during these hospitalization days, “he has always continued to work and will continue to do so when he returns to Santa Marta.” Now, however, “you will not be able to return to work immediately”: The recommendation is that “the adequate rest and the recovery period is taken.” For the same reason, it is recommended to meet groups of people or individuals or meet important obligations. Certainly, Pope Francis will do it, but “as soon as he completes the specified recovery and the expected clinical improvements can be recorded.”

Last update 19:20