(UPDATE) VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has suspended the use of an oxygen mask, the Vatican said on Wednesday, adding that the 88-year-old's clinical condition was 'improving' after more than one month in the hospital.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has suspended the use of an oxygen mask, the Vatican said on Wednesday, adding that the 88-year-old's clinical condition was 'improving' after more than one month in the hospital. The Argentine pope has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14 suffering from pneumonia in both lungs, but the Vatican has reported recent progress after earlier worries that his life could be at risk.
Over the weekend, the Vatican said the Jesuit still required therapies to be administered from the hospital. After a series of breathing attacks earlier in the pope's hospital stay, his breathing has improved over the past week, with the Vatican on Monday saying he was spending short moments breathing on his own. During the day, he has relied on a cannula — a plastic tube tucked into his nostrils — to deliver high-flow oxygen, which doctors are now reducing.
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