Massimiliano Strappetti, Francis’s health care assistant, informed Dr. Alfieri at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, April 21, that the pope was ill and required hospitalization. He came twenty minutes later, the doctor informed Corriere.
He had his eyes open when I entered his room. I tried to phone him after noting that he had no respiratory problems, but he did not answer,” Dr. Alfieri was cited as saying.
Additionally, he showed no reaction to any stimuli, even unpleasant ones. “I realized there was nothing else to do at that very moment. He was unconscious.
Moving Francis back to the Gemelli hospital, where he was treated for a complicated respiratory infection that almost killed him twice, was deemed too risky by Dr. Alfieri.
Dr. Alfieri stated, “The pope always stated while he was at Gemelli that he wanted to die at home.” Two hours after having a stroke, the pope passed away.
