The Pope will be discharged tomorrow, Sunday 23 March, on the 38th day of hospitalization. A greeting, after the Angelus, from the tenth floor, also to tap, thanking the Gemelli community who took care of him. The medical team returning to Pope Francis is back to speak. After the briefing on February 21, Professor Sergio Alfieri begins the press conference with “the news that everyone is waiting for: tomorrow the Pope is in resignation”. And if it is true that at least two months of convalescence and a rehabilitation for the word will be needed, as for all those who have had pneumonia, the pontiff is in a position to return to Santa Marta safely. No particular medical garrison in Santa Marta, explained Luigi Carbone, deputy director of the Health Directorate Hygiene of the State of the Vatican City and also a contact person of the Holy Father, because the Pope does not need special supports, but only of the oxygen that will have gradually decreased. In any case, within the Vatican city there is always a garrison for the needs of the population active 24 hours a day.
Professor Sergio Alfieri explained that the Pope has been in danger of life twice, but now he no longer has pneumonia even if it will take some time because the fungi and viruses are completely eradicated. At the pontiff the team recommends not to tire and limit the meetings. “Let’s help us too,” said Alfieri asking if, who had scheduled meetings with the Pope, but have the influence or someone sick at home, abstains the Pope from meeting.
In any case, explained Professor Alfieri who led the medical team, we decided to resign it because “further progress is at home, also because the hospital, even if it may seem strange to say it, is the worst place to be to make the convalescence, because it is the place where more infections are taken”. The pope’s mood is good, he started joking and has started to gradually feed again. “After a bad moment, entering his room we asked him:” How’s the Holy Father? “And he replied:” I’m alive “. We understood that he was recovering.”
