Doctors treating Pope Francis have said that the pontiff is “not out of danger” and will require at least another week of hospitalisation. They added he is not at immediate risk of death, but indicated that the situation is still precarious and that the risk of sepsis developing is a concern.
“Is the Pope out of danger? No, he’s not out of danger,” said Doctor Sergio Alfieri, director of the medical surgical department of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and head of the Pope’s medical team there.
He spoke with journalists on the afternoon of 21 February in the first press conference doctors have given since Pope Francis was admitted to the facility on 14 February due to persistent bronchitis.
