The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling double pneumonia in both lungs after he was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14.
Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday — five weeks after he was admitted for treatment for double pneumonia, the doctors treating the pontiff announced Saturday. He will return to the Vatican, but doctors said he will need at least two months of rest and rehabilitation after leaving Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.
The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling double pneumonia in both lungs after he was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis that made it difficult for him to speak. He has remained out of public view since then.
His doctors held an in-person briefing on Saturday evening, the first in about a month.
„The good news is that the pope will be discharged tomorrow“, Gemelli medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri said. „During his hospitalization, he presented two critical episodes during which the Holy Father’s life was in danger. He subsequently made slow but progressive improvements.
