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Congregation of the Mission & Poland & Province of Poland admin | 08 Mar 2010

Msgr Goclowski: a neurological incident not a stroke

goclowski1Mr. Jerzy Karpinski, M.D., Gdansk region surgeon general has informed media on the current state of health of Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski CM who yesterday, March 7, 2010, was admitted to the Neurology Clinics of Gdansk University Medical Center with suspected stroke. This suspition, said Dr. Karpinski, has not confirmed yet. According to his assessment, patient feels well and should return home within a few days.

In the matter of diagnosis Dr. Karpinski said that first media releases about stroke did not confirm. According to him, it was a neurological incident, probably so called transitional ischemic incident. However, because of medical confidentiality he declined to give further details.

Archbishop Goclowski has been staying in the intensive care unit of neurological clinics, but since yesterday, his health greatly improved. The patient is walking around the ward by himself. He had a roll of bread for breakfast and drank a glass of milk. He is in a good mood and talking to staff. If there are no complications, the patient will be transferred to ordinary hospital room on Tuesday that, and in a few days he night return home.

Professor Walenty Nyka of the University Hospital in Gdansk, had earlier in the day told Radio Gdańsk, he has got the same opinion about the health of the Archbishop. He confirmed that Archbishop is conscious, walking and talking. Pharmacological treatment will be included and performed all the necessary diagnostic tests.

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2 Responses to “Msgr Goclowski: a neurological incident not a stroke”

  1. on 08 Mar 2010 at 3:40 pm 1.Zgromadzenie Księży Misjonarzy said …

    Abp Gocłowski - incydent neurologiczny a nie udar…

    W poniedziałek wczesnym popołudniem pomorski lekarz wojewódzki, dr Jerzy Karpiński poinformował o bieżącym stanie zdrowia abp Tadeusza Gocłowskiego CM, który 7 marca 2010 został przyjęty do Kliniki Neurologii Uniwersyteckiego Centrum Medyczn…

  2. on 08 Mar 2010 at 11:01 pm 2.Abp Tadeusz Gocłowski w szpitalu : FAMVIN.ORG – POLSKA said …

    [...] Więcej informacji można także przeczytać na stronie internetowej Polskiej Prowincji Zgromadzenia Księży Misjonarzy: misjonarze.pl – 7 marca 2010 lub misjonarze.pl – 8 marca 2010 International readers can visit English page of Province of Poland vincentians.pl – March 7, 2010 or vincentians.pl – March 8, 2010 [...]

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