Gemelli hospital medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri said Francis will require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues recovering at the Vatican.
Pontiff’s health worsened after Feb. 14 hospitalization for bronchitis
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Pope Francis celebrates a mass inside the chapel at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on March 16. (Vatican Press Hall/The Associated Press)
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.
Medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri of the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where the 88-year-old is being treated, said Francis will require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues recovering at the Vatican.
The pontiff was admitted to Gemelli on Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened. He later developed a life-threatening case of pneumonia.
