By Kolawole Ojebisi
The Vatican has continued to keep the world abreast of the health condition of Pope Francis who has been hospitalized for the past two weeks.
This is as the palace of the popes in Rome on Saturday said Pope Francis is “alternating between mechanical ventilation and high-flow oxygen therapy.”
It, however, noted that the pontiff’s condition remains stable.
“The 88-year-old pontiff apparently does not have a fever and has not experienced another bronchospasm”, Vatican said.
This is the pope’s third week in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.
He was admitted on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that triggered other complications.
The Catholic pontiff is currently experiencing a series of clinical improvements from pneumonia in both lungs.
On Friday, the Vatican said the Pope’s condition is no longer critical.
It said the “critical phase has passed,” while cautioning that Francis’s overall condition “remains complex,” adding that his prognosis is still “reserved.”
While there is no statement on how long he would remain in hospital, the Vatican had said Francis would not lead the traditional Ash Wednesday service on March 5.
Francis, who has been pontiff since 2013 and is often described as working himself to exhaustion, continues to lead the Vatican from the hospital.
