The pope is still stable, without fever and without mechanical ventilation, admitted to the hospital after 17 days

The pope remains “stable”, has no fever and does not need any non -invasive mechanical ventilation in the last hours, although his clinical image remains “complex” and his “reserved” prognosis after 17 days included in the Gemelli hospital in Rome, the holy chair reported this Sunday.

“The clinical circumstances of the Holy Father remain stable today; the Pope did not need non -invasive mechanical ventilation, but only high flow oxygen therapy,” is indicated in the last medical part.

Although doctors were expected to inform today about the possible consequences of the respiratory crisis that the last Friday, because between 24 and 48 hours was needed to know whether it had caused a new infection or not, the bulletin does not mention it in the end.

Yes, it indicates that the pope is “breakdown”, which is a good symptom, while it is striking that “given the complexity of the clinical image, the prognosis remains reserved.”

“This morning, the Holy Father participated in Saint Mass, together with those who take care of him during these days of hospitalization” and “the rest then alternated with prayer,” concludes the memorandum.

Francisco, 88, has been admitted to the Gemelli in Rome since the past February 14 By bronchitis with polymicrobial infection to which bilateral pneumonia was added.

The Pontiff continues to receive oxygen with a mask, after a lower contribution in recent days than in the first days in the hospital.

The prognosis remains reserved, which means that doctors do not make clear how the disease will evolve, and at the moment they will not give a press conference, such as that from a week ago.

Whether the clinical image of the Pope has returned as “critical”, as it had been explained since 22 February, the sources have limited themselves to explaining that it is “complex”.