One of the capital region’s oldest academic teaching hospitals and a not-for-profit acute care facility.
Pope Leo XIV has undergone surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to remove a lung growth; doctors have confirmed the lesion is lung adenocarcinoma. The Vatican has said the operation was successful with no complications, and it has cancelled public audiences through Oct. 20 while the pope recovers in hospital.
This article synthesizes AP News and Independent reporting on U.S. organ transplantation. It highlights how patients struggle to understand options, the variability among hospitals, and the push for patient-friendly tools to compare waiting times, organ offers, and hospital performance. About 100,000 people await transplants while more than 49,000 transplants were performed last year.