The Pope aggravates himself, is in critical condition and had a respiratory crisis

Vatican City.- The Pope Francishospitalized at the Gemelli hospital, worsened this Saturday and is in a “critical” state after suffering this Saturday a respiratory crisis so it had to supply oxygen and present thrombocytopenia due to an anemia that required blood transfusions, according to the last medical part.

“The state of the Holy Father remains critical, so, as explained yesterday, the Pope is not out of danger. This morning, Pope Francis presented a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis, which also required the application of high flow oxygen, ”reads the statement released by the Vatican.

He adds that “the blood tests performed today also revealed thrombocytopenia (blood platelets in less than normal), associated with anemia, which required the administration of blood transfusions.”

Francisco continues “alert” and “the day has passed in the armchair” although with more discomfort than yesterday “, the note added.” At the moment the prognosis is reserved, “continued the medical part of this Saturday, the most serious of those spread so far by the Vatican.

The report includes the words of Dr. Sergio Alfieri, head of surgery at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome and that operated Francisco on previous occasions, and that at a press conference this Friday said that “the Pope is not out of danger” although “no It is in danger of life. ”

Meanwhile, on the outside of the hospital several dozens of faithful were concentrated in the entrance square Dell Gemelli, around the statue of John Paul II, where an altar with flowers and candles has been improvised, to pray together the rosary “for health of the Holy Father Francisco ”in Italian, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

A prayer for the Pope “for his recovery for his return, soon, to his house, Santa Marta,” as reads in the sheets of paper that the faithful hold in their hands along with the Rosary accounts, in an initiative placed in March by lay students of pontifical universities and disseminated by social networks.

This morning, Vatican’s press office had limited himself to communicating that the Pope had rested well.

Pope Francis will continue hospitalized

The Pope will continue in the hospital at least all week until he is cured of his bilateral pneumonia and can continue the treatment in his residence in Santa Marta but “time will be needed,” said Alfieri.

The 88 -year -old pontiff was admitted on Friday of last week at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for his respiratory problems, which were due to bronchitis due to polymicrobiological infection to which bilateral pneumonia joined.

The doctors explained that the Pope arrived with the problem of infection and that only a few days later the bilateral pneumonia arose. Like last week, this Sunday will only spread the text of the Angelus so that the Pope can rest.