The health of Pope Francis continues to improve and is no longer critical, Vatican said on Thursday. On Friday, two weeks after his hospitalization in the Roman Hospital Gemelli for two -sided pneumonia, TASR writes, according to AFP, AP and ANSA reports.
“Even today it has been confirmed that the clinical state of the Holy Father is improving,” declared the Vatican in the evening report on the Pope’s health. According to him, however Doctors continue to insist that they need more days of “clinical stability” until they re -evaluate their restrained prognosis.
“For the second time, there is no mention of a critical condition … so we can say that we have come from the most critical phase,” According to Ansa Vatican, representatives. However, according to doctors, some concerns about Pope’s health still exist. Francis was able to start alternating the additional oxygen on Thursday, which was given to him by a nasal tube, with a mask, writes AP. Doctors have described this as a manifestation of the improved state of his breathing.
Over the past weekend, the Pope suffered asthma attacks, causing him high doses of oxygen and blood transfusions against anemia. The Vatican first described his condition critical on Saturday and subsequently announced that he had stabilized. Despite the disease, 88-year-old Francis is trying to devote to church matters during hospitalization and restored his work activities.
