Hospitalised Pope expected to return to Vatican soon
The Hindu
The Vatican didn’t provide a target date in its daily medical update, repeating that the 84-year-old Pope was continuing his planned course of treatment and rehabilitation.
Pope Francis is expected to return to the Vatican “as soon as possible” following his stay in hospital for rehabilitation from intestinal surgery that he underwent earlier this month, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The Vatican didn’t provide a target date in its daily medical update, repeating that the 84-year-old Pope was continuing his planned course of treatment and rehabilitation. Pope had half of his colon removed for a severe narrowing of his large intestine on July 4, his first major surgery since he became pope in 2013. The Vatican had originally said Pope could be released from Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic by the weekend, but said he would extend his stay to continue his planned treatment.
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