He’s 84 years old and only has one patient but Italian physician Dr Renato Buzzonetti is still going strong as he arrives in That’s because Dr Buzzonetti is the Chief Pontifical Physician as well as being Director of Health and Hygiene for the
As part of Pope Benedict’ XVI's entourage Dr Buzzonetti he has plenty of experience to call on from his time as personal physician of the previous Pope, John Paul II.
He had to make on the spot decisions after the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul in 1981, recognising that the gunshot wound to the abdomen would be better treated at a major trauma centre rather than the nearby
During his 27 year service to the Pope Dr Buzzonetti had to deal with the John Paull II’s dislocated shoulder after a fall, fractured thigh, surgery for colon polyps and later on the need for tracheotomy.
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