ROME – Pope Francis will be discharged this Friday, after having undergone surgery at the Gemelli hospital in Rome for an abdominal hernia on June 7, the Vatican reported today.
“Medical staff report that Pope Francis has had a good night’s rest. The postoperative period continues regularly. The hematochemical tests are normal “and the pontiff” confirmed that he will leave the Gemelli Polyclinic this Friday morning,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a note.
Today the Pope thanked all the Gemelli staff for their care these days and visited the Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Neurosurgery department, where some children are hospitalized who have expressed their love for him in recent days through numerous letters, drawings and messages. wishing him a speedy recovery.
“Pope Francis experienced the pain of these children who each day carry the suffering of the Cross on their shoulders, together with their mothers and fathers. He gave each of them a rosary and a book and, greeting those present, His His Holiness thanked all the health personnel for their professionalism and effort to alleviate the suffering of others, as well as with medicines, with tenderness and humanity,” the Vatican added.
The surgeon who operated on him last Wednesday and also in July 2021 on the colon, Sergio Alfieri, said at a press conference on Saturday that the pope’s postoperative period was good, but that the pontiff had been advised not to celebrate publicly from the hospital. the Angelus to avoid efforts that put healing at risk.
The medical team had advised him to remain hospitalized for his full recovery for at least this entire week and Francisco decided to be hospitalized until tomorrow to continue his recovery in the Vatican.
The Vatican had canceled all the pope’s activities until June 18, maintaining the rest of the acts, and the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, and of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, announced a trip to Rome to meet the pontiff next week.
The prelate underwent abdominal hernia surgery.
