This is what the first medical report says about the health of Pope Francis

He Pope FranciscoThe 86-year-old was admitted this Wednesday to the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where he will remain “several days” due to a “respiratory infection,” the Vatican said. The pontiff “had to undergo medical check-ups on the day because in recent days he had been complaining of respiratory difficulties,” the director of the Holy See’s press office, Matteo Bruni, explained in a note.

The medical controls “revealed a respiratory infection (excluding covid 19)which will require several days of adequate hospital medical treatment,” he said.

LOOK: Pope Francis suffers from a respiratory infection and will remain hospitalized for several days

The unexpected hospitalization of the Argentine pontiff unleashed questions about his real state of health.

The hearings for the next few days were annulled and it is unknown if Francisco will be able to celebrate the mass of Palm Sundayon April 2, and the ceremonies of Easter which usually leads

“Pope Francis He is moved by the many messages received and expresses his gratitude for the closeness and the prayers”, The Vatican stressed.

Sources from the Roman medical center reported that The pontiff arrived by ambulance after presenting heart or respiratory problems and that he underwent a CT scan.

Franciscowho celebrated ten years of papacy in March, participated in the morning general audience in Saint Peter’s Square and was seen smiling when greeted the faithful from his “popemobile”.

However, according to AFP photographers, He moved with difficulty and appeared to be in severe pain.

Pope Francis has been admitted since Wednesday afternoon at the Gemelli hospital in Rome. (EFE/ Raül Martínez Mendo). (Raul Martinez Mendo/)

the jesuit Jorge Mario Bergogliowho adopted the name of Francisco when he was elected at the head of the Catholic Churchmoves into Wheelchair since May 2022 due to arthritis in his right knee.

In July 2021, he spent ten days in the gemelli hospital by a delicate colo operation.

This intervention, he said, left “sequelae” that led him to rule out knee surgery recommended by his doctors.

The world already knew about his ailments because he suffered from chronic sciatica that forced him to limp, for which reason he had to forego official ceremonies on some occasions.

The Gemelli Hospital is the medical center where Pope John Paul II was hospitalized on several occasions and where a benign colon tumor was removed in 1992.

guesses and secrets

In several interviews granted in recent months, the pope evoked the possibility of resigning, just as his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who died at the end of 2022, did in 2013.

In July of last year, he confessed that he “could no longer travel” at the same pace as before.s and mentioned that he could “step aside”.

But last month he clarified that the resignation of a Dad “should not become a fashion” and that this idea “for the moment” was not on his agenda.

Francisco has had a permanent “personal health assistant” for a yeara nurse.

The health of the popes has always been a “reserved matter” for the Vatican and generally kept secret.

The Argentine doctor and journalist Nelson Castro, a friend of bergoglio since he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, he recently presented a book on the health of the popes in Rome, covered the illnesses suffered by them since Leo XIII (1878-1903) and reported talks about it with Francisco.

In those talks, Francisco told her that he had made a “full recovery” and had never felt limited since then.

He also revealed that when he lived in Argentina he was treated with Chinese acupuncture for back pain, that he suffered from “gallbladder stones” and that in 2004 he had a “temporary” heart problem due to the slight narrowing of an artery.

Source: Elcomercio