Pope Francis in hospital with lung infection after difficulty breathing
The 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, doesn’t have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement late Wednesday.The hospitalization was the first since Francis spent 10 days at the Gemelli hospital in July 2021 to have 33 centimeters of his colon removed.
“The tests showed a respiratory infection that will require some days of medical treatment in the hospital,” Bruni’s statement said. President Joe Biden, at the start of an Oval Office meeting with President Alberto Fernandez of Argentina, told reporters he had just learned of Francis’s health problems and said he was concerned about his dear “friend.”‘Do not sign a fixed-term lease’: Warning from Halifax student after landlord won’t renewFrancis had part of one lung removed when he was a young man due to a respiratory infection, and he often speaks in a whisper.
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