His Holiness Pope Shenouda III has successfully undergone surgery in Cleveland to repair a broken thigh bone. The Surgery lasted one hour Thursday at the Cleveland Clinic. His Holiness Pope Shenouda III is expected to be hospitalized for one week and then will get physical rehabilitation. (Scroll down for Statement from the Cleavland Clinic) (Click to Read the Story)
Let us continue to pray for the health and well being of our honored father, Pope Shenouda III. May the Lord grant him health and healing and may the Lord keep him for us for many more years and peaceful times. Amen.
CLEVELAND, June 12 /PRNewswire/ — “H. H. Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the sea of St. Mark, underwent a one-hour surgery at the Cleveland Clinic this morning to repair his broken left femur after he suffered a fall. The surgery was successful and he is recovering well. He will remain in the hospital for approximately one week and then receive physical rehabilitation as a part of his recovery,” said Wael Barsoum, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic.