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Venezuelan cardinal in serious condition, but doctors hopeful for recovery

Doctor Juan Baltar, who is the physician for Venezuelan Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara, said this week the cardinal is in “delicate” health and “critical condition” but that despite suffering from a serious illness “we still are hopeful he can improve.”

The cardinal is “seriously ill and in critical condition,” Dr.Baltar said, and “anyone who is critically ill can take a turn for worse at any moment; however, that is not what we expect at this time, nothing is imminent.  This is a very sick person who still has hope,” he told a local radio station.

“Although the illness may be serious and the prognosis may be quite reserved, there is still hope.  His condition is not yet irreversible,” the doctor said.

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