Gavin Grey: UK/ Europe Correspondent on the Pope Francis being dismissed from hopsital

Positive steps for Pope Francis, following his five-week battle with double pneumonia. 

The 88-year-old's been discharged from hospital back to his Vatican residence -- thanking onlookers from his balcony. 

UK/ Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey told Andrew Dickens further details of The Pope's hospital condition have emerged upon his release. 

He says it's been confirmed Pope Francis suffered two significant medical episodes, where his life was in danger. 

Pope Francis will now take a two-month break from duties, under strict doctor's orders. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
He had a grave from the UK goot morning to

(00:01):
hear hither Andrew great use. Pope Francis as out of
hospital but needs two months off.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yes, the eighty eight year old has been discharged. He
was pictured and offered a blessing the window or on
a very small sort of balcony at the Gamelli hospital
in Rome where he's being treated. He was admitted there
on the fourteenth of a long stage, some five weeks
there and during that time we now know he had

(00:29):
what's been described as two very critical episodes where according
to doctors, his life was in danger, though we now
understand he was never actually intubated that's the tube into
the throat, but always remained alert and orientated. But nevertheless,
I think this shows just how poorly the Pope has
been And yeah, this couple of months off, the doctors

(00:51):
are basically ordering because he he still sounded pretty pretty poor.
Earlier this month there was an audio recording and his
voice there was really pretty restless. So needs a lot
of rest and recuperation. And there will be plenty around
the world celebrating his release from hospital today.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
All right, Yeah, good luck with that. Though. Pope Francis
is a man married to his job and he wants
to work, but he should take two months off for
his own health. Now every Uber driver in the UK
will now be eligible for twenty hours of free child kit.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Why well, it's meant to try and encourage and recruit
more staff, particularly more female drivers. Now Here in the UK,
childcare is incredibly expensive. In fact, it's so expensive that
many mothers actually don't return to the workforce because they
think they'll be worse off because the cost of childcare

(01:44):
outweighs their net earnings for the job they're doing. And
so this is an attempt by Uber to try and
get more women in. And what they're saying is they
will allow people to use an app which means they
can book nannying and baby sitting. Now, twenty hours of
free childcare doesn't sound like a lot, and I suppose

(02:04):
it isn't, but it is something that they believe really
will help steend. The tie up caught quite a few
webs in and around London and it is always men,
so Uber trying to attract more women drivers. There are
one hundred thousand Uber drivers in the UK and their
unions or at least a union which represents some of
those drivers said this is really a cynical pr stunt.

(02:26):
They said they should pay the drivers more, not fiddle
around the edges with incentives like this, and say, according
to some anyway, that their wages have fallen in the
year despite prices being increased for customers. So yeah, the
union really playing this down Uber saying it's a great scheme,
and certainly one or two of the drivers that they
put forward to speak of saying, yeah, it is going

(02:48):
to make life much easier.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
Good stuff, Goan and I thank you for more. From
earlier edition with Ryan Bridge.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
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