Posted on 07/17/2009 1:24:58 AM PDT by iowamark
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican spokesman says Pope Benedict XVI has been taken to a hospital in northern Italy after slipping and falling during his vacation in the Alps.
The Rev. Federico Lombardi says Benedict "slipped and got hurt" but that "it doesn't seem to be serious."...
The ANSA news agency reported that Benedict walked into the hospital with an aide.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Courtesy ping from a Lutheran...
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3551976745
“”Val D’Aosta, 17 July (AKI) - Pope Benedict XVI fractured his wrist on Friday after a fall and was taken to a hospital in the northwestern Italian region of Val D’Aosta, hospital and Vatican sources told Adnkronos. Vatican reports said the pontiff fell and was taken to the emergency service of the Umberto Parini hospital, located in the Aosta Valley at 9.45am local time and was seen entering the hospital on foot, accompanied by his staff.
Benedict underwent a few medical tests “after a fall in the house where he is staying, of which the consequences do not seem to be worrying,” the Vatican’s press office head Father Federico Lombardi told Adnkronos.
“We will wait, however, to see the results of the examinations,” he said.
The pontiff is in the Val D’Aosta region, located in the Italian Alps for a 16-day vacation that began on 13 July.””
Probably while skiing.
Now that creates quite a Larsonesque mind picture
doesn’t it.
This one says it was his ankle:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090717/wl_afp/vaticanpopehospital_20090717082438
“”ROME (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI on Friday went to a hospital emergency room after falling and hurting his ankle while on holiday in northern Italy, media reported.
“It’s nothing serious,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told the ANSA news agency.
The pope, 82, walked into the hospital in Val d’Aosta accompanied by his personal secretary Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, reports said.””
Others now saying fractured wrist after fall “in the bath”.
Fox News saying hospital confirms broken wrist.
would he survive that Obamacare ?
If he walked into the hospital, it was a wrist injury rather than ankle injury.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5849172/Pope-Benedict-XVI-taken-to-hospital-after-breaking-wrist.html
“”Pope Benedict XVI is being treated in hospital for a broken wrist and twisted ankle after slipping in his bathroom while on holiday.
The Pope, 82, was able to walk to the the casualty department of the hospital after arriving with his private secretary, Mgr Georg Ganswein, just before 10am on Friday.””
I hope he is OK.
Best Wishes, Prayers up, and God Bless the Pope.
Hope he heals up quickly. The Pope is in pretty good shape in general. Too bad it had to happen while he was on vacation, although, in thinking about it, at least he has no heavy schedule to keep up with, so maybe if it had to happen, during vacation is probably a good thing.
First Hillary; now the Pope. Sweetie, you are quite the trend setter!
"Clowns to the left of me, Pontiffs to right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you."
Hope you are recovering well, Mrs.don-o.
Cheers!
Fractured wrist.
Speedy recovery!
God bless Pope Benedict and may he have a quick recovery.
Well, I don't know about that. I broke my foot a few years ago and not only walked into the hospital on it, I also walked all the way down the long corridor to the ER because everyone was rerouted due to construction at the hospital. I told them I didn't need a wheel chair. Stupidest thing I've ever done, lol. The Pope probably wouldn't do that, though. :-)
I read your post and contracted De javu. I had to read it over to be sure I hadn’t written it myself..
LOL!
And I thought I was the only one who could have a broken bone and not know it. I had never broken anything in my life, nor had my kids, so I didn't recognize the severity of the situation. I'm glad to know I'm not alone. :-)
I walked into the hospital, around the construction stuff, down the long darkened, dusty hall to the temporary waiting area....... then a wheelchair to the treatment room
On vacation at a gas station in Cheyenne Wyoming, May 2007
Sotomayor, Hillary, Pope.....things come in 3’s, right?
Is it just me, or do others think the Bamster might have stuck a banana peel to his shoe?
Praying for an uneventful recovery for the good Father, (not a Catholic, hopes it is ok to refer to him as such!), and kudos, for a great tagline :)
Tatt
huh?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/International/Story?id=8108346&page=1
“”Pope Operated On for Wrist Fracture
Pope Benedict XVI Operated on After Falling Down and Fracturing His Wrist
Pope Benedict the XVI was operated on this morning to insert a couple of rods into his right wrist after the pope fell in his room early today and fractured the wrist, Vatican and hospital sources said.
The accident occurred while the 82-year-old pontiff was on vacation in the Alps according to Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
Despite the pain, Pope Benedict said mass as he does every morning and had breakfast before going a hospital in Aosta, Italy, said Lombardi.
The spokesman of the Parini public hospital in Aosta, Tiziano Trevisan, told ABC News that the Pope arrived at the hospital at 9:45 a.m. local time in his own car and went to the emergency room where his right wrist was x-rayed and he was given a full check up “which is standard procedure.” An x-ray to his right wrist revealed a slight fracture.
An Italian news agency, quoting hospital sources, said the pope asked to be treated like other patients – so he duly waited for his x-ray and for his turn in the operating room.
The pope was operated on to repair the fracture, Trevisan said. He said they were giving him “light sedation,” though heavier anesthesia may be given as the surgery progresses. According to hospital sources, doctors inserted two rods in the pope’s wrist and put it into traction.
“The pope is undergoing a reduction of the fracture, that will be done following normal procedure, since the pope is in good general health,” Trevisan told ABC News. He also said that hospital authorities hope to send the Pope home by this evening, so he can return to his summer chalet.
Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told ABC News that the consequences of the pope’s fall “absolutely do not seem to be anything serious,” and that do not pose particular concerns for his health. Lombardi told Italy’s ANSA news agency that he believes the pope will continue his vacation....””
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gp8M6dmt8Ho2DRK_eqR7dl7QsMXAD99G7CSO4
“AOSTA, Italy — Hospital director says pope’s wrist will stay in a cast for a month.”
Pope has surgery after breaking wrist in a fall
AOSTA, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI broke his right wrist in a fall in his chalet while vacationing in the Italian Alps and underwent successful surgery Friday, hospital officials and the Vatican said.
The operation was performed under local anesthesia and went well, said Tiziano Trevisan, a spokesman at the Umberto Parini hospital in Aosta. Surgeons operated on the wrist to reduce the fracture, a procedure to realign the broken bone fragments, he said.
A Vatican statement said the 82-year-old pope fell in his room in a nearby chalet overnight and despite the accident, celebrated Mass and had breakfast before going to the hospital.
Doctors took an X-ray of the pope's right wrist and found a fracture, Trevisan said.
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Wow! I didn't realize that the part about the construction was the same. I'm in New Hampshire and I think it was November, 2005.
Since he’s 82 now, if he were covered under Obama Care, they would be sending him to the End of Life Hospice. He’s too old to fix.
Post of the day!
POPE SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED FOR WRIST FRACTURE
VATICAN CITY, 17 JUL 2009 (VIS) - This morning Benedict XVI underwent surgery at the Umberto Parini hospital in the Italian town of Aosta for a fracture to his right wrist. He had suffered a fall last night in his chalet at Les Combes in Valle d'Aosta where he is spending a brief holiday.
The Holy Father arrived at the hospital at 9:45 a.m. this morning. "Even so", declared Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi, "he celebrated Mass and had breakfast early this morning".
Later the Pope "underwent an operation to realign the fractured fragments and fasten them through osteosynthesis, using a local anaesthetic then applying a cast. The Holy Father's general condition is good" added the Pope's doctor Patrizio Polisca, specifying that "the Pope will return shortly to his residence".
OP/FALL HOLY FATHER/LOMBARDI VIS 090717 (120)
He’s human — accidents like this happen. Your sarcasm is not appreciated.
Prayers up for our dear Holy Father!
Prayers for the Holy Father
We will be praying for him Norman Bates.He has to take it easy and listen to the Doctor’s.
I can't help but think that this Pope captures what Jesus asked of Peter and his long line of successors,when in the last chapter of John,He said "follow me".
How different the world would be if the B/bishops would follow the Pope,who follows Jesus,and the priests would follow the B/bishops and the the remainder of us Catholics would follow the priests leading us back to the Father as one unified Body of Christ.
I sure wish they would at least turn themselves around and wear the vestments with the cross on their back at Mass. It was a regular reminder of what it's all about.
I love this Pope.
I love this Pope, too!!!
May he recover soon.
:) Passed it on to a soul partner.Up High.
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