Pope is stable, but his speech will suffer OPERATION'S EFFECTS

From: The Scotsman | Date: February 26, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

POPE John Paul's ability to speak in public, including his famous orations in St Peter's Square, will be seriously curtailed by his recent ill-health, experts have said.

Surgeons performed a tracheotomy on the 84-year-old pontiff on Thursday night to assist his breathing.

It is now believed the effects of this operation could be permanent, making it much more difficult for the Pope - whose voice is already weakened and at times inaudible as a result of Parkinson's disease - to speak at length.

The procedure at the Gemelli hospital in Rome involved an incision into the trachea, or windpipe, ...

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