BREAKING: Pope Francis is going to a hospital in Rome for intestinal surgery and will remain there for several days, Vatican says.
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
ROME — Pope Francis is going to the hospital Wednesday for intestinal surgery, two years after he had 33 centimeters of his colon removed because of an inflammation and narrowing of the large intestine. The Vatican said Francis, 86, would be put under general anesthesia and would be hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli hospital for several days.
The pope was undergoing what the Vatican said was a “laparotomy and abdominal wall plastic surgery with prosthesis” to treat a “recurrent, painful and worsening” constriction of the intestine.“The stay at the health facility will last several days to allow for the normal post-operative course and full functional recovery,” the statement said.
In July 2021, Francis spent 10 days at Gemelli to remove 33 centimeters of his large intestine. He had suffered what the Vatican said was a severe inflammation and narrowing of the colon.
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