He Pope Francisco today left the Gemelli hospital in Rome where he had been admitted since last Wednesday due to bronchitis, when he left the hospital he replied with a laugh: “I’m still alive.”
After being discharged, the Argentine pontiff left the hospital at 10:20 local time (08:20 GMT) aboard a utility vehicle and, upon leaving, got down to the car helped by a cane, to greet the faithful and thank journalists who have reported on his health.
It should be noted that the 86-year-old Argentine pontiff will preside tomorrow at the Palm Sunday mass in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, which officially opens the rites of Holy Week.
Before leaving the hospital, Francisco said goodbye to the rector of the Catholic University, Franco Anelli; the general manager of Gemelli, Marco Elefanti; the ecclesiastical assistant of the University, Monsignor Claudio Giuliodori, and the medical and nursing team that assisted him.
The spokesman for the Holy See, Matteo Bruni, announced Friday that Francis would leave the hospital today with the approval of the doctors who treated him.
Why was he hospitalized?
Francisco was admitted last Wednesday due to infectious-based bronchitis, for which he received an intravenous infusion of antibiotics.
From the first day he was hospitalized, his health confirmed a “improvement”as Bruni clarified at the time.
Likewise, he has stayed in an apartment for the exclusive use of the popes in the Gemelli, inaugurated in the time of John Paul II, and in these days of convalescence he has read newspapers, prayed in his chapel and even had pizza for dinner accompanied by some doctors and collaborators. .
Source: Gestion
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