The Vatican has said Pope Francis is in a stable condition after yesterday experiencing what doctors described as a “bronchospasm”, requiring him to be temporarily put on a non-invasive ventilator.
In a March 1 statement, the Vatican said, “the Holy Father’s clinical conditions remain stable.”
Throughout the day the Pope reportedly alternated use of a non-invasive ventilator, in which a mask covering his nose and mouth is sealed to his face, and oxygen therapy administered through the nose, with “a positive response to the exchange of gasses".
