Pope Francis has “a little bit of bronchitis” again

he pope francisco He said he had “a little bit” again bronchitis” and preferred not to read the speech prepared for the reception of the French correspondent.

“I want to read the whole speech, but I have a problem, a little bit of bronchitis,” said Francisco, who, despite his tired voice, had delivered his planned speech to his first two audiences of the day.

At the end of November, Francisco met “lung inflammation” This forced him to skip some events and cancel a planned trip to Dubai for the COP28 climate summit in early December.

The 87-year-old pope was subsequently CT (computed axial tomography) in a hospital in Rome confirmed these health problems and began treat antibiotic.

It took him several days to recover from the injury bronchitis During this time, he was helped by a collaborator who read out his speech.

The pope has suffered from multiple ailments over the last year due to age and complex surgery for an abdominal hernia.

In April, he was hospitalized for three days with bronchitis and had to be treated with antibiotics, raising concerns because the pope arrived in an ambulance with a fever.

In June, unexpectedly, due to adhesions during colon diverticulum surgery in July 2021, he had to undergo abdominal hernia surgery again and was hospitalized for 9 days.

According to information from EFE