Pope Francis, 86, the spiritual leader of the Catholics, went to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, the capital of Italy, to have routine health checks. Vatican Spokesperson Matteo Bruni did not give further details, stating that the health checks were planned in advance.
Media reports claimed that Pope Francis will spend the night in the hospital and the necessary tests continue to be carried out. It was claimed that Pope Francis also canceled his 2-day program due to health problems. In the news in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, it was noted that Pope Francis was sent to the hospital by ambulance due to heart and respiratory distress. Pope Francis attended an event held in the Vatican in the morning and had no health problems.
Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholics, had surgery at Gemelli Hospital on 4 July 2021 for diverticular narrowing in the left colon and was discharged on 14 July. (UAV)