Pope Francis in ‘better’ shape than before, surgeon says

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“The pope is fine. He is better than before,” said Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon who operated on the pontiff last week, on Friday, outside the hospital, after the pontiff was discharged.

Before returning to the Vatican, the pope also stopped for a brief visit at a convent at the Institute Maria Santissima Bambina, before greeting and thanking security guards outside an entrance to the city, the Vatican press office said.

But the doctor suggested that the pope and those around him should limit their commitments – those “that are burdensome because of what the strains on the abdominal wall might be” – for the first month. Earlier that day, “as a token of thanks, he received the entire operating team formed by the medical staff, nurses, social and health workers and auxiliaries who coordinated, performed and made the surgery possible last June 7,” Bruni added.

The pope joked about his recovery as he left for the Vatican: “Thank you, thank you journalists. I’m still alive.” The pope revealed in December that he had already arranged a letter of resignation in the case of permanent medical impairment, shortly after his election in 2013.

 

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