Pope Francis to be released from hospital on Sunday
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Pope Francis will be released from hospital on Sunday after 38 days battling a severe case of pneumonia in both lungs that threatened his life on two occasions when he suffered acute respiratory crises, his doctors said.
Dr Sergio Alfieri, who co-ordinated Francis’s medical team at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, said the pontiff will require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues recovering at the Vatican, but his personal doctor, Dr Luigi Carbone, said if he continues his steady improvements to date, he should be able to resume his normal activity.