VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has said that Pope Francis, who is being treated for pneumonia in hospital, suffered a “breathing crisis” on Friday, causing him to vomit before he was given air and stabilised. The episode came just hours after a Vatican source said the 88-year-old pontiff’s condition was no longer considered critical, following a series of incremental improvements. Francis, who has spent the past two weeks at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, “presented an isolated crisis of bronchospasm which… led to an episode of vomiting with inhalation and a sudden worsening…
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