Pope Francis was so close to death that doctors considered ending treatment

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Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day stay in the hospital battling with pneumonia.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/pope-francis-close-death-doctors-considered-ending-treatment/

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00:00Pope Francis came so close to death at one point, during his 38-day stay in the hospital

00:07battling pneumonia.

00:08The head of the Pope's medical team says his doctors considered ending his treatment so

00:12he could die in peace.

00:14Sergio Alfieri, a physician at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, says, quote, there was a real risk

00:19that he might not make it.

00:21After a breathing crisis on February 28, where the Pope almost choked on his vomit, Pope

00:26Francis returned to the Vatican and made his first public appearance on Sunday after

00:30the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy.

00:33His doctors prescribed two months' rest to allow his body to fully heal.

00:37He was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital on February 14 due to double pneumonia.

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