Pope Francis in the hospital visited by the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Statement

“I am very happy that I found him conscious and communicative. We joked as always. He did not lose his famous sense of humor,” she said Melons in a statement. The head of the Italian government wished the head of the Church “a quick recovery on behalf of the government and the whole nation,” Ansa said.

The Pope has been treated in gemella polyclinice for six days. Francis cannot be in the smallest draft – said one of the doctors, quoted by the sources in the Vatican on Wednesday. As noted, the medical team makes efforts to ensure that the Pope is protected against all factors that could worsen the complex clinical condition, as is determined by his state in official messages. In the Vatican, for now, the possibility of Franciszek's appearance in the hospital window in the Angelus of the Lord's prayer.

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In the previously widespread on Wednesday statement Rome Vicar of Rome Cardinal Baldassare Reina emphasized: “We follow with care and trust in the state of health of our bishop Pope Francis.” He asked the faithful, parish and religious communities in the Vatican for prayer for the Pope. “As a great family, we ask that God would give our bishop the necessary strength to face this moment,” added a vicar for the Roman diocese. In the evening another medical message is expected.

88-year-old Franciszek He was admitted to the Roman Hospital of Gemella On Friday morning and underwent specialized research due to the deterioration of bronchitis, with which he has been struggling for several weeks. The Vatican informed that day in the evening that the Pope started pharmacological treatment and that preliminary studies confirmed the respiratory tract infection. It was also indicated that Franciszek has a light fever.

The Italian media was then concerned about the Tuesday's message of the Vatican, in which after subsequent studies that the Pope's clinical condition was “complex”. It emphasized that “polyimicrobiological infection, which was formed against the background of bronchial discharge and their asthmatic inflammation, requiring the use of cortisone antibiotic therapy, causes that therapeutic treatment is more complex.”

“Chest computed computed tomography – announced the Vatican,” showed the beginning of bilateral pneumonia, which required further pharmacological therapy. ” On Wednesday, on the sixth day of Franciszek's hospitalization, the Vatican sources told journalists that the pope got out of bed during his stay in the hospital and sits down in an armchair. According to them, he also does not receive constant oxygen support, but has an automatic fan. It was also assured that Francis' heart is in good condition. In addition, it is known that absolute rest recommended by doctors means that he does not accept visits except colleagues who provide him with documents.

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