(ANSA) – ROME, FEB 19 – 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. (ANSA).
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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. (ANSA).
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