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he pope francisco “Thank God, he was not suffering from pneumonia” but “a very acute form of infectious bronchitis,” he said today while greeting attendees, although he no longer has a fever and continues to be cured with antibiotics. Seminar on “Ethics in Health Management” at the Vatican.

He also explained today the reason why doctors advised him not to travel to Dubai for the COP28 climate summit: “The reason is that it is very hot there and you switch from heating to air conditioning. In this bronchial condition, it is not convenient.”

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“Yes, thank you. As you can see, I am alive. The doctors did not let me go to Dubai (…) Thank God, this is not pneumonia. “This is a very acute infectious bronchitis,” the Pope clarified one morning The pope, he said, maintained his entire agenda, although he preferred not to read the speech for fear of being too tired.

He assured himself that he no longer had a fever and continued to use antibiotics to cure it.

“The pope’s condition is stable and he does not have a fever, but the pulmonary inflation associated with respiratory problems persists,” the Vatican confirmed in a statement on Wednesday after the pope held an audience before thousands of faithful at Pablo Hall.

“Health has the opposite side, it is both strong and fragile. How healthy, how strong, how strong he is, but he is also fragile. Poor health leads to fragility. “I Really like preventive medicine because it prevents events before they happen. “

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He added: “I appreciate what they are doing. Not only looking for medical, pharmacological solutions, but also valuing health, that is, thinking about the benefits of health. And how to preserve this beauty. Not only to heal, but to preserve. This It’s your job, thank you for coming.”

“Forgive me for not being able to say more, but I don’t have the courage. So all I want to do is greet them,” the pope added in the morning before an audience of seven.

The Argentine pope, who will celebrate his 87th birthday on December 17, confirmed during the audience that his “flu” is still not good.

On Saturday, Francis underwent a CT scan at a Rome hospital that confirmed the health problems but ruled out pneumonia.

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Just like that, it was surprisingly announced that he had to cancel his trip to Dubai from tomorrow, December 1 to December 3, due to medical advice.

In April, he was hospitalized for three days with bronchitis, which had to be treated with antibiotics, a worrying situation since the Pope had a fever and arrived in an ambulance; in June, surprisingly, adhesions appeared due to a previous operation 2021 In July, he underwent surgery again for colon diverticulum and abdominal hernia, and was hospitalized for 9 days.