Pope Francis says he can relate directly to COVID-19 sufferers given his own near-fatal brush with death from a respiratory disease decades ago. Not even doctors knew whether I would make it,” the 83-year-old pope recalled in a forthcoming book. “I know from experience how coronavirus patients attached to a ventilator are feeling while fighting to breathe,” he added. The quotes are from “Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future,” a book Francis co-wrote with his English biographer, Austen Ivereigh, due to come out on December 1. In the book, Francis recalled two other so-called “COVID-19 situations” in which he felt isolated and lonely, like a patient under quarantine.

Source: Punch November 23, 2020 14:37 UTC