Health staff at Rome's Gemelli
Hospital on Thursday celebrated Pope Francis with a cake and
candles on the 28th day of his treatment for double pneumonia
and the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy.
"The Pope also followed the Roman Curia's spiritual exercises in
the afternoon via connection, he was able to pray and continued
his respiratory physiotherapy," said the Holy See Press Office.
"The health personnel accompanying him during these days of
hospitalization decided to celebrate him with a cake and
candles".
Furthermore, non-invasive mechanical ventilation continues at
night and high-flow oxygenation during the day, the Vatican
press office said.
"A new medical bulletin is expected tomorrow, which was not
issued today."
Vatican sources also reiterated that "it takes time for an
eighty-year-old affected by bilateral pneumonia to recover.
"The stationary situation is also due to this, even if the
positive fact is that the body is recovering: doctors know this,
as they know that the clinical picture remains complex, and they
are waiting for different indicators to record improvements and
provide information of a different type, in addition to that
which they provide day by day".
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