Wednesday 19/Feb/2025 – 02:17 AM
The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis, 88, suffers from dual pneumonia, which complicates his treatment, indicating that inflammation increases the deterioration of its health.
The Pope of the Vatican with pneumonia
The Vatican said in his statement, that the Pope underwent a CT scan on the chest on Tuesday afternoon, which revealed the beginning of bilateral pneumonia that requires more drug therapy.
The Vatican added that laboratory tests, chest rays and clinical condition of the Pope still provides a complex image, stressing that he suffers from a multi -microbial infection, noting that this requires treatment with corticosteroid and antibiotics, which makes the treatment more difficult, saying: Pope Francis is still in a moral state Good.
According to Reuters, Pope Francis has been infected with the respiratory infection for more than a week and was transferred to Gemili Hospital in Rome on February 14.
