“The clinical picture is gradually improving and the planned treatment continues,” the spokesperson said in a brief statement.
The Pope, from 86 yearshas been admitted to the papal apartment of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome and has been suffering from a respiratory infection since yesterday Wednesday.
Last night he slept “well” and in the morning, after breakfast, read some newspapers and “back to work” from the room.
Before lunch, he also went to the chapel of the hospital apartment to pray and attend mass.
The pope “suffers from a respiratory infection that will require adequate medical treatment in hospital for a few days,” according to the press service of the Pope. Vatican hours after hospitalization on Wednesday afternoon.
“Pope Francis has been suffering from respiratory problems for the past few days and this afternoon he went to the A. Gemelli outpatient clinic for medical checkups,” he explained, specifying that it is not a Covid-19 infection.
According to the media, Francisco underwent a CT scan of his chest and other medical tests, which ruled out pneumonia, and his health is not worrying after the results.
These health problems do not appear until three days later Palm Sunday, with which the rituals of the begin Easter week, and it is not yet clear whether or how the pope will be able to lead them.
Source: El heraldo
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