Newsroom (02/06/2025 20:31, Gaudium Press) Pope Leo XIV has appointed Dr. Luigi Carbone as Director of the Health and Hygiene Directorate of the Vatican City State Governorate. Dr. Carbone previously served as Deputy Director of the same entity and is remembered for having been Pope Francis’ doctor. He will be the new person in charge of promoting public hygiene and medical care in Vatican territory.
Dr. Carbone will take up the post on August 1. He is chief physician at the Gemelli Polyclinic, in the area of Emergency and Admission Medicine and Surgery. Heplayed a key role during Pope Francis’ last hospitalization at Gemelli, when he was hospitalized for pneumonia for almost 40 days in February 2025.
Dr. Carbone is the director of the emergency department at “Gemelli Isola”, the Fatebenefratelli hospital on Tiberina Island. He is also a university professor at several medical schools. Together with Dr. Sergio Alfieri, he took part in the press conferences that reported on Francis’ state of health.
Luigi Carbone succeeds Professor Andrea Arcangeli, who has headed the department since 2020, and turns 70 this month. The change in leadership of the Vatican’s health system could also bring new impetus to medical care and hygiene standards in the Vatican.
Compiled by Dominic Joseph
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