Pope Francis has appeared at the window of a hospital in Rome for the first time since he was admitted on February 14.
According to foreign media, the 88-year-old Pope will be released on Sunday and will need at least two months of rest in the Vatican, said doctors treating him.
Over the past five weeks, he presented "two very critical moments" where "his life was in danger," said Dr Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors treating the Pope.
Pope Francis was never intubated and always remained alert and oriented, Dr. Alfieri said. The pope has not fully recovered, but he no longer has pneumonia and is now in a stable condition, according to his doctors.
"Today we are happy to say that tomorrow he will be home," Dr. Alfieri told reporters on Saturday, A2 CNN writes.
The Pope will offer a blessing from his window at the Gemelli hospital on Sunday, the first time he will appear in public since being hospitalized, before returning to his Vatican residence.
Dr Alfieri said that patients with double pneumonia lose their voice a little and "especially in the elderly it will take time for your voice to return to normal."
On Friday, Cardinal Victor Fernandez had said that "high-flow oxygen dries everything" and as a result the Pope "must relearn how to speak," Reuters had reported.
If the trend of improvement continues, doctors say, the Pope will be able to return to work as soon as possible.
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