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What Is the State of Pope Francis' Health?

According to the medical bulletin of 14 February, Francis' clinical condition is "discreet".
For Specola (InfoVaticana.com), this phrase means "nothing good" and "'discreet' sounds very bad".
A day later, on Saturday 15 February, the statement issued by the Holy See Press Office was not much better:
"Francis continued on Saturday to be treated for a respiratory infection at the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where laboratory tests indicate an improvement in certain health parameters."
Specola writes that every time Francis goes to hospital it is because there is an emergency or because Massimiliano Strappetti, his nurse, tells him that it is not possible to continue in Santa Marta.
Massimo Andreoni, scientific director of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, said of Pope Francis' situation that "they will certainly do a CT scan of the chest to see how he is and we will decide to do a bronchoscopy, so that we can collect material and make a more precise diagnosis …More

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