Pope Francis responding nicely to remedy, Vatican says

Pope Francis, who has been battling pneumonia and bronchitis for greater than three weeks, has proven a “good response” to remedy, the Vatican has mentioned.

“The medical situation of the Holy Father in current days has remained secure and, consequently, signifies response to the remedy,” the Vatican mentioned.

“There may be due to this fact a gradual, slight enchancment”, it added.

The 88-year-old prayed on Saturday morning within the chapel of the papal suite at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the place he’s being handled.

The Argentine pontiff has not been seen in public since getting into the hospital, his longest stretch away from the general public eye since his papacy started 12 years in the past.

He was admitted to hospital on 14 February after experiencing respiratory difficulties – and first handled for bronchitis earlier than being recognized with pneumonia in each lungs.

He’s notably susceptible to pneumonia, an an infection of the lungs that may be attributable to micro organism, viruses or fungi, after he contracted pleurisy – an irritation of the lungs – as a younger man and had a partial lung elimination.

The Pope’s medical doctors imagine he’s prone to face an extended highway to restoration, resulting from his age and medical historical past.