Pope Francis was discharged from
Rome's Gemelli hospital on Friday after undergoing abdominal
surgery to repair a hernia caused by a 2021 operation last week,
the Vatican press office said.
"I'm alive" quipped the pope to watching reporters as he left
the Gemelli in a wheelchair.
The Vatican press office said the pope's clinical course was
proceeding regularly following his surgery last Wednesday.
On Thursday, his last day at the Roman hospital which
customarily treats popes, Francis went to visit children on a
pediatric oncology ward at the hospital.
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