Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, doctors say

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Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/3/23/pope-francis-will-be-released-from-the-hospital-on-sunday-doctors-say  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com @manilabulletin-  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00The Pope will be discharged tomorrow.

00:06That's very important for everybody all over the world.

00:09The Holy Father, at the time of his admission to Gemelli Hospital, presented an acute respiratory

00:16failure due to polymicrobial infections, viruses, bacteria and mycetes, that resulted

00:24in severe bilateral pneumonia that required a combined pharmacological treatment.

00:31During his hospitalization, the Holy Father's clinical conditions presented two very critical

00:38episodes in which the Holy Father's life was in danger.

00:43The pharmacological therapy, the administration of high flow oxygen and unassisted mechanical

00:49ventilation recorded a slow but progressive improvement, bringing the Holy Father out

00:57of the most critical episodes.

01:00The Holy Father was never intubated and he always remained alert and oriented.

01:08The Holy Father will be discharged tomorrow, as we said before, in a stable clinical condition

01:14with a prescription to partially continue drug therapy and a convalescence and rest

01:22period of at least two months.

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