According to a medical bulletin released on Monday (24), Argentine Pontiff Health is complex and worsened because of ‘a prolonged asthmatic attack that required high flow oxygen’ ‘
O hospitalized in critical condition due to pneumonia in both lungs, spent a good night and “rest,” the Vatican said on Monday morning (24), while increasing the concern with the health of the 88-year-old pontiff. “The night went well, the Pope slept and rests,” says the statement issued by the Vatican on the 11th day of his hospitalization, the longest since his election in 2013.
The Argentine pontiff follows in a “critical state” and continues to receive high flow oxygen, according to the latest medical bulletin, published on Sunday night. “The complexity of the clinical picture and the time required for pharmacological therapies to have an effect on to maintain prudence on the prognosis,” said the bulletin.
Although anemia has improved and thrombocytopenia – a decrease in the number of blood platelets – remains stable thanks to blood transfusions on Saturday, “some blood tests show mild initial renal failure, currently under control,” said doctors .
The state of health of the Catholic Church leader, hospitalized since February 14, worsened on Saturday with “prolonged asthmatic attack that required high flow oxygen,” as well as hematological problems that demanded “the administration of a blood transfusion.”
Abele Donati, director of the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of Marks, told the Italian newspaper Corriere Della on Monday that renal failure “could indicate the presence of sepsis in the early stages.” “It is the body’s response to an ongoing infection, in this case of both lungs,” he explained.
“We should expect antibiotic therapy to work to avoid the risk of septicemia (…) that could have a fatal outcome. The Pope is certainly in good hands, but the next few hours and days will be decisive, ”he wrote on Sunday in La Stampa newspaper Virologist Fabrizio Pregliaco, who is not part of Francisco’s medical team.
In Rome and the rest of the world, particularly in Latin America, prayers were organized by the Pope’s health. Many religious and politicians said they were praying for him. Since Saturday night, netizens have published hundreds of messages stating that they prayed for Francisco, some accompanied by a photo of the pontiff alone in St. Peter’s Square during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Argentine Jesuit was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital of With bronchitis, which derived to bilateral pneumonia, a potentially deadly pulmonary tissue infection. Hospitalization, the fourth since 2021, has generated great concern about the health of the Pope, already weakened by a number of problems in recent years, ranging from colon operations and abdomen to difficulties to walk.
Jorge Bergoglio’s health problems increased speculation about his ability to lead the world’s nearly 1.4 billion Catholics. Canon law, however, provides no device in case of a serious problem that alters the lucidity of the Pope. They also caused the resumption of speculation on a possible renunciation, fueled by the opponents of Francis, in particular in the conservative Catholic circles.
“I have the impression that they are useless speculation,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican’s secretary and number two, commented on Saturday, in an interview with Corriere della Sera.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
