“Courageous and has not lost his good humor” –

Late yesterday evening, Cardinal Camillo Ruini was admitted to the Policlinico Gemelli hospital for chest pain. Given the Cardinal’s advanced age and medical history, admission to the cardiology intensive care unit was necessary. According to what has been learned, the patient is alert and cooperative and his clinical conditions are currently stable. However, monitoring and therapies continue. This was reported in a note by the Policlinico Gemelli in Rome.

The Cardinal “is very conscious, and has not lost his good humor.” This was reported by Don Nunzio Currao, chaplain of the Gemelli hospital, interviewed by Adnkronos. “I assume that he also received communion this morning,” said the chaplain who saw Ruini and observed: “He is a very courageous person and can’t wait to go home. Of course, the doctors will decide, but if it were up to him, he would leave immediately. The cardinal is a very sweet person and we hope to have him with us for a long time.”