Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital after 5 weeks, doctors say

Record ID: 1985699

  • Title: Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital after 5 weeks, doctors say
  • Date: 22nd March 2025
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (MARCH 22, 2025) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) CHIEF SURGEON AT GEMELLI HOSPITAL, SERGIO ALFIERI, SAYING: "The Holy Father, as I said at the beginning, will be discharged tomorrow in a stable clinical condition, which has been stable for at least two weeks now. Of course, the entire team of doctors who have followed the Holy Father here at Gemelli has prescri
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  • Keywords: BRIEFING DOCTORS FRANCIS GEMELLI HOSPITAL ITALY POPE ROME VATICAN
  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • City: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA006092222032025RP1
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  • Story Text: Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital on Sunday (March 23) and will need two months of rest at the Vatican, one of the doctors treating him said on Saturday (March 22).
    Francis, 88, was admitted to hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that has required evolving treatment.
    The Vatican said earlier on Saturday that Francis also planned to make his first appearance in more than five weeks on Sunday, offering a blessing from the window of his room at Rome's Gemelli Hospital where he has been battling double pneumonia.
    The pope has been seen by the public only once during his hospital stay, in a photo the Vatican released last week, showing the pontiff at prayer in a hospital chapel.
    Francis wants to come to the hospital window around noon (1100GMT) on Sunday to give a greeting and blessing, the Vatican said in its brief statement on Saturday.
    The pope usually offers a weekly midday prayer in St. Peter's Square on Sundays.
    Francis has not been able to do so since February 9, before going to hospital.
    (Production: Veronica Altimari, Christine Uyanik, Yesim Dikmen, Matteo Negri)
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