- Title: ITALY: POPE JOHN PAUL IS BREATHING UNASSISTED AFTER THROAT SURGERY
- Date: 25th February 2005
- Summary: (W5) ROME, ITALY (FEBRUARY 25, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV CARDINAL BERNARD LAW DEPARTS HOSPITAL AFTER SEEING THE POPE/HIS CAR LEAVING (2 SHOTS) 0.19 2. SLV MEDIA LIVE POSITIONS 0.22 3. SV POPE'S WINDOW 0.24 4. SLV/SV SECURITY OUTSIDE GAMELLI HOSPITAL (2 SHOTS) 0.32 5. SLV PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH HOSPITAL CORRIDOR 0.37 6. SV WOMAN WALKING THROUGH HOSPITAL CORRIDOR 0.42 (W4) ROME, ITALY (FEBRUARY 25, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 7. SV CARDINAL LOPEZ TRUJILLO, PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY LEAVING HOSITAL AFTER SEEING POPE (2 SHOTS) 1.03 8. SV (Spanish) TRUJILLO WALKING AND RESPONDING TO QUESTION ABOUT HOW HE THOUGHT THE POPE WAS DOING, SAYING: "I found everything (around the Pope) very serene and tranquil." (QUESTION: Do you think he will recover?) TRUJILLO SAYING: "Yes, I do believe so." 1.33 9. SV POLICE ESCORTING TRUJILLO THROUGH REPORTERS TO HIS CAR/CAR LEAVING (4 SHOTS) 2.07 (W4)VATICAN CITY (FEBRUARY 25, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 10. VARIOUS VIEWS OF VATICAN BY NIGHT (2 SHOTS) 2.18 11. SLV NIGHT VIEW OF FOUNTAIN 2.23 12. MCU (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED NUN FROM SPAIN SAYING: "We have always been praying for the Pope, and since we found he was ill we are praying even more. We are praying for him, we know what he is going through. We also know it's for the whole church and that's why we support the Pope with our prayers." PAN TO (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED NUN FROM SPAIN SAYING: "(incomprehensible)...He is a strong man, and God will help him so he gets better quickly. We are all praying , we are going right now to pray the Rosary so he gets better." 3.08 13. SLV MORE NIGHT VIEWS OF THE FOUNTAIN 3.13 14. SV/CU OF THE PAPAL SUITE AT THE HOSPITAL (2 SHOTS) 3.25 15. SLV OF HOSPITAL 3.31 16. SV JULIAN BARRI, ARCHBISHOP OF SANTAGO DE COMPOSTELLA TALKING TO MEDIA 3.36 17. MCU (Spanish) JULIAN BARRI, ARCHBISHOP OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA, SAYING: "Without doubt, the impressions are positive, they give you a feeling of hope, and let you believe he could recover quickly." 3.51 18. SV BARRI SPEAKING TO REPORTERS 3.56 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
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- Story Text: Pope John Paul is breathing unassisted after throat
surgery, but has been advised by his doctors not to peak
for several days.
Pope John Paul is breathing unassisted after
successful throat surgery, but he has been advised by his
doctors not to peak for several days, the Vatican said on
Friday (February 25).
The Vatican's first medical bulletin, issued some 16
hours after the Pope had a tracheotomy to open his windpipe
and help him breathe, looked to allay fears about the
increasingly fragile health of the Roman Catholic leader.
Spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told reporters the
84-year-old Pope's heart and blood circulation were good
and that he had not developed any infections such as
pneumonia.
Cardinal Bernard Law was the latest visitor to Rome's
Gemelli hospital. He had no comment on the pontiff's
condition.
Earlier, Cardinal Lopez Trujillo who also visited the Pope said
the
pontiff seemed well.
"I found everything (around the Pope) very serene and
tranquil," Trujillo said. Asked whether he thinks the Pope
will recover, Trujillo said: "Yes, I do believe so."
The Pope was rushed to the hospital for the second time
this month on Thursday with a repeat of the severe
breathing problems that had forced his original
hospitalisation.
Navarro-Valls said the decision to operate had not been
an emergency procedure. During the 30-minute operation,
surgeons placed a tube into the Popes throat to allow air
to flow
directly to his lungs.
Medical experts warned that the man known as the
Church's great communicator might not be able to speak for
some time, and even then he may need a special device to
help him form sounds.
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