Personal health assistant since 2022, Massimiliano Strappetti was next to the Pontiff during all 38 days of hospitalization at Gemelli Hospital and 24 hours a day during his convalescence at Casa Santa Marta
The last hours of Pope Franciswho died on Monday (21), were accompanied by Massimiliano Strappetti, nurse and faithful personal health assistant of the Catholic Church leader. It was he who, in the most difficult times of the Pontiff during the last hospitalization at GEMelli Hospital, between February and March, asked doctors not to give up the pontiff. “Thanks for bringing me back to the square (from St. Peter),” he told his nurse for encouraging him to have a last meeting with the crowd aboard the Paparm on Easter Sunday (20) hours before his death. Among the Pope’s last words, according to the Holy See, is grateful to those who, during this period of illness and long before, took care of him. Strappetti, the nurse who – as Francis said once – saved his life by suggesting that he undergoes colon surgery.
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The pontiff then appointed his personal health assistant in 2022, according to the Vatican. The Official Portal of the Holy See published on Tuesday, 22, the words that the Pontiff addressed to his faithful personal nurse at that time. Following the traditional “Urbi et Orbi” blessing from the São Pedro Basilica Balcony, Francisco took an unexpected ride aboard the Paparmobile among the thousands of faithful gathered to celebrate Easter. But before the way, he asked his nurse, “Do you believe I can do it?” Strappetti reassured him and the Pope ran for almost 15 minutes the square, blessing several babies on the way. He was next to the Pope during all 38 days of hospitalization at Gemelli Hospital and twenty -four hours a day during his convalescence at Casa Santa Marta. “The day before, they went to St. Peter’s Basilica to review the” path “to be done the next day, when Francis would appear from the central counter of the Basilica,” added the Holy See.
‘Try everything, don’t give up’
On March 25, doctor Sergio Alfieri, head of the team responsible for Francisco at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, revealed details about the most critical moment of hospitalization, in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. According to him, it was considered to suspend the treatment and let Francisco die, since he had been suffering a lot. Alfieri also explained at the time that the Pope delegated the decisions to his personal assistant, in whom he always had complete confidence. “Strappetti told us: Try everything, don’t give up and no one gave up,” Alfieri said.
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from Estadão Content
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