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Pope Francis will be discharged from the Hemli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, doctors who treat him said.
The 88-year-old man recovers with double pneumonia and will take at least two months of vacation in the Vatican after leaving the hospital.
It was only seen once when he was admitted to the hospital on February 14, in a A photo released by the Vatican last week, Which showed he pray in the hospital chapel.
On Friday, the Vatican stated that the Pope’s condition was improving, though one official said he might have to “retrain to speak” after his long -term use of oxygen therapy with high flow.
“The pope works very well, but the oxygen with high flow dries. He needs to re-study, but his general physical condition, as before,” said Cardinal Victor Fernandez on Friday, Reuters reports.
The Vatican on Friday added that the Pope’s condition was stable, with some improvements in breathing and mobility.
He confirmed that he no longer used mechanical ventilation to breathing at night, but instead received oxygen through a small tube under his nose. During the day, it uses less oxygen with high flow.
Earlier this month, Pope Francis, who performed his native Spanish, played in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican city.
His voice was panting when he thanked the Catholic believers for their prayer.
The Cardinal, who is the head of the Vatican doctrine post, rejected the assumption that the Pontiff would monitor his predecessor Benedict XVI and leave the papacy.
Asked if he thinks that the Pope could be discharged on a timely Easter, which falls on April 20, the cardinal said he did not know.
Pope Francis spent almost 12 years as a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
Throughout his life, he suffered a number of health problems, including some of his lungs, deleted at the age of 21, which made it more prone to infections.
