Pope Francis’s health is improving: the Vatican informs that mechanical ventilation was suspended

The clinical conditions of Pope Francis are improving and non -invasive mechanical ventilation has been suspended, according to the Vatican press office on Wednesday, March 19.

The last medical report shared by the Holy See indicates that “it is confirmed that the clinical conditions of the Holy Father are improving” and “non -invasive mechanical ventilation” has been suspended, in addition to reducing “the need for high flow oxygen therapy.”

“The progress of motor and respiratory physiotherapy follows,” says the text.

The press office also indicates “that the infection is under control and that the values ​​of the clinical analysis are within normal. The Pope has no fever and remains stable in the analyzes performed.”

“The Pope has managed to work during the day,” says the Vatican. On Holy Week celebrations, he points out that definitive decisions have not yet been made.

It was also reported that doctors have not yet given an estimated date for discharge and that the next medical bulletin “is not imminent.”

Finally, the communication emphasizes that “this morning, in the solemnity of San José, the Holy Father has concelebrated the Holy Mass.”

This Wednesday, March 19, the Vatican also published the catechesis that Pope Francis has written From his room in the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in which he meditated on Jesus’s dialogue with Nicodemus.

Today the fifth general audience that has had to be canceled due to the hospitalization of the Holy Father, initiated on February 14.