Pope Francis suffered two episodes of respiratory failure: they don’t rule out more crisis

He Pope Francis He suffered on Monday, March 3, two episodes of acute respiratory failure. It is the third relapse after 18 days in the Gemelli hospital in Rome.

According to the Vatican, the Supreme Pontiff suffered the respiratory insufficiency pictures for “an important accumulation of endobronchial mucus and the consequent bronchospasm.”

Juan Bergoglio was subjected to two bronchoscopies to aspire the abundant secretions and then resumed “the non -invasive mechanical ventilation” that supplies oxygen through a mask.

To date, Francisco’s prognosis is still reserved more detailed that “alert, oriented and cooperative at all times.”

According to the nurses, the crisis “is finished” but does not rule out to be repeated again.

“It takes time to overcome pneumonia and other crises can occur,” They collected the media.

Pope Francis has ruled out heading the rites of Ash Wednesday, to be held this week, and it is not known how the spiritual exercises that he intended to celebrate with the rest of the Roman curia from next Sunday for Lent will take place.

The millions of faithful around the world – and hundreds deposited in the Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano – will continue with the sentences of prayer for the health of Pope Francis, the first Pontiff of Latin America.

With information from EFE and AFP.

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