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Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says | Religion News

Vatican says Francis’s respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis but that he remains ‘in good spirits’. Pope Francis has contracted double pneumonia, further complicating treatment for the 88-year pontiff, the Vatican has said. The Vatican on Tuesday said Francis’s respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis, which requires the use of cortisone antibiotic treatment. Francis has…

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Pope’s hospitalisation extended to treat ‘complex’ condition, Vatican says | Religion News

It remains unclear how long Pope Francis will remain in hospital as he seeks treatment for a respiratory tract infection. Pope Francis’s respiratory tract infection has presented a “complex clinical picture” requiring further hospitalisation, the Vatican says. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said on Monday that the pope is suffering from a “polymicrobial respiratory tract infection”…

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