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Pope Francis hospitalized for routine medical examination

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Pope Francis, 86, was admitted this Wednesday to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for a “routine medical examination,” the Vatican said.

“The Holy Father is in [el hospital] Gemelli from today for previously scheduled inspections,” the director of the press service of the department said. The Holy SeeMatteo Bruni.

The Argentine pontiff, who celebrated the 10th anniversary of the papacy in March, took part in a general audience on Wednesday morning in St. Peter’s Square, during which he smiled as he greeted the faithful from his “popemobile”.

franciscowho has been in a wheelchair since May 2022 due to severe pain in his right knee, spent 10 days in Gemelli Hospital in July 2021 for a delicate colon operation.

The Pope later explained that this operation left him with “aftermath”, so he decided to rule out knee surgery as his doctors had advised.

The world was already aware of his various ailments due to the fact that he suffered from chronic sciatica, which caused him to limp, due to which he had to refuse official ceremonies in some cases.

The Gemelli Hospital is a medical center where the Pope is also located. John Paul II He was hospitalized several times, and in 1992 he even had a benign colon tumor removed.

(AFP)


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