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Emergency crisis over, pope receiving oxygen (4)

New tests on Sunday morning, bulletin scheduled in the evening

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 23 - The emergency reported Saturday, when Pope Francis suffered a respiratory crisis, is substantially over after he spent a quiet night at the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Vatican sources said on Sunday.
    The pontiff, however, is continuing to receive high flows of oxygen to help him breathe, they said.

The oxygen is administered through 'nostrils'.
    More clinical tests were conducted on Sunday morning and a new medical update will be released in the evening, the sources said. In the pontiff's Angelus address published as a written text Sunday, he encouraged deacons to continue their service joyfully and with love and expressed his gratitude to the doctors and healthcare workers caring for him and for the patients in hospital.
    "I continue confidently with my stay at the Gemelli Polyclinic, receiving the necessary treatment; and rest is also part of the therapy!", said the pope.
    "I sincerely thank the doctors and healthcare workers at this hospital for the attention they are showing me" and "for the dedication with which they carry out their service among the sick", he concluded. (ANSA).
   

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