Second operation
NZPA-Reuter Rome Pope John Paul, who was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in May, underwent further surgery yesterday morning which the Vatican said was successful. The Vatican spokesman, Father Romeo Panciroli, said the surgery, to restore the Pope’s lower intestines to working order, lasted less than "an hour and went well. Sources at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where the Pontiff
is recovering after being shot by a Turkish gunman,-in St Peter’s Square on May 13, said the Pope had already recovered from a general ■ anaesthetic. Doctors treating him said that an official bulletin on his condition would be issued - later. The Pope, who is 61, was taken back to his rooms on the tenth floor of the hospital, Father Panciroli told ; reporters. He said the Pope’s doctors were satisfied with his condition.
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