Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted February 17, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted February 17, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Pope remains in hospital with a complex infection The ******** says Pope Francis’ respiratory tract infection is presenting a “complex clinical picture” that will require a longer recovery time in hospital and a change of medication. ******** spokesman Matteo Bruni said on Monday the results of tests conducted in recent days indicate the 88-year-old is suffering from a “polymicrobial respiratory tract infection”. He said there had been a further change in his drug therapy. There was no time frame given for his stint in hospital, but Bruni said the complexity of his symptoms “will require an appropriate hospital stay”. The pope’s upcoming commitments appear increasingly in question as he spent a fourth day in the hospital. This respiratory tract infection has already sidelined him longer than a 2023 bout of pneumonia. Bruni said Francis ate breakfast and read the newspapers Monday morning and was continuing his unspecified drug therapies. Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital in a “fair” condition on Friday after his bronchitis worsened. Doctors confirmed a respiratory tract infection and prescribed “absolute rest” alongside unspecified medication. Subsequent updates said his slight fever had gone away and that he was in “stable” condition. The Argentine pope, who had part of one lung removed after a pulmonary infection as a young man, is a known workaholic who keeps up a gruelling pace despite his increasingly precarious health. While his private audiences are rarely announced with much advance notice, the pope’s next scheduled appointment is his weekly general audience on Wednesday. Beyond that, he is scheduled to preside on Sunday at the ordination of deacons as part of a holy year weekend dedicated to deacons. Francis’ participation in both appears in doubt, but they remain on the official ******** schedule. When he missed the jubilee mass dedicated to artists this past Sunday, a cardinal stood in for him. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Pope #remains #hospital #complex #infection This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/220210-pope-remains-in-hospital-with-a-complex-infection/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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