A lung expert told ANSA Wednesday
that the condition of Pope Francis, being treated in a Rome
hospital for bilateral pneumonia, was serious but not
compromised.
Pulmonologist Stefano Nardini, past president of the Italian
Society of Pneumology, said that the pope's clinical situation,
"based on the information made known, appears serious and to be
monitored closely, but not at the moment compromised.
"The general picture appears complex also, probably, due to the
weight of previous events," he said, referring to past
respiratory issues and the loss of part of a lung when he was
21.
"The situation appears serious - the expert told ANSA - because
we are in the presence of bilateral pneumonia that is grafted
onto an 88-year-old organism and, perhaps, in the presence of
previous pulmonary diseases resolved or chronicized.
"At the moment the clinical picture would however not appear to
be critical, since the Pope was able to get up and sit up, as
well as carry out activities. "However - he specified - we are
missing a series of information that are related, for example,
to the fact that continuous oxygen therapy is administered or
not.
"This is a factor that could make the difference, indicating a
more critical condition".
Francis had a visit from Premier Giorgia Meloni Wednesday in
which she said the pair had laughed and joked and he had been
very responsive, showing he had not lost his proverbial sense of
humour.
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