Pope Francis discharged from Rome hospital following surgery
In a surprise move, Micron Technology announced on Friday that it plans to invest $600 million in its chip packaging plant in Xian, China. The investment comes just four weeks after Beijing imposed a partial ban on Micron’s products being sold in China.
The ban was reportedly imposed due to concerns about national security, as Micron’s chips are used in some sensitive military applications. However, Micron has denied any wrongdoing, and the company says that the ban is having a negative impact on its business.
Despite the ban, Micron says that it is committed to the Chinese market. The company says that the new investment will help it to better meet the demand for its products in China.
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“We believe that this investment will help us to continue to grow our business in China,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron’s CEO. “We are committed to the Chinese market, and we believe that this investment is a sign of our long-term commitment.”
The investment is a significant vote of confidence in the Chinese market, and it could help to ease tensions between the US and China. However, it remains to be seen whether Beijing will lift the ban on Micron’s products.
What does this mean for the future of the chip industry?
The investment by Micron is a sign that the chip industry is still growing, even in the face of headwinds such as the global chip shortage. It is also a sign that China is still a major market for the chip industry, despite the recent trade tensions between the US and China.
The investment could also help to improve the relationship between Micron and the Chinese government. If the ban on Micron’s products is lifted, it could pave the way for further investment by Micron in China.
What does this mean for consumers?
The investment by Micron could lead to lower prices for memory chips in China. It could also lead to more innovation in the chip industry, as Micron invests in new technologies.
Overall, the investment by Micron is a positive development for the chip industry and for consumers. It is a sign that the industry is still growing, and it could lead to lower prices and more innovation in the future.
The pontiff left hospital in a wheelchair and spoke with well-wishers and medical staff who had gathered outside the entrance to say goodbye, as seen on a CNN video.
People had also lined the walkway outside the the facility in a bid to see the pope, who smiled and waved to those waiting.
He was surrounded by security as he left and was assisted into a waiting car. Francis was photographed praying at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in the Italian capital soon after his release.
Before returning to the Vatican, the pope also stopped for a brief visit at a convent at the Institute Maria Santissima Bambina, before greeting and thanking security guards outside an entrance to the city, the Vatican press office said.
He will deliver his weekly Angelus prayer this Sunday and is well enough to keep all of his appointments except for a general audience next Wednesday, the Vatican added.
Pope Francis had remained in the Gemelli hospital after undergoing abdominal surgery last Wednesday.
On Thursday, the director of the Vatican Press Office Matteo Bruni said medical staff reported that the pontiff had “rested well during the night. The clinical course continues regularly. Hematochemical examinations are in the normal range.”
Earlier that day, “as a token of thanks, he received the entire operating team formed by the medical staff, nurses, social and health workers and auxiliaries who coordinated, performed and made the surgery possible last June 7,” Bruni added.
The pontiff also visited children in the Pediatric Oncology and Children’s Neurosurgery ward “who in recent days have expressed their affection to the pope through numerous letters, drawings and messages of speedy recovery are cared for,” Bruni said.
“In greeting those present, His Holiness extended his thanks to all the health care staff for their professionalism and efforts to alleviate each other’s suffering with tenderness and humanity in addition to medication,” he said.
The pope joked about his recovery as he left for the Vatican: “Thank you, thank you journalists. I’m still alive.”
Francis has experienced a series of health issues over his lifetime, including a colon surgery two years ago. He had part of one lung removed after struggling with pneumonia as a young man. In 2019, he had ocular surgery at Rome’s Clinic of Pius XI to treat a cataract. He has also suffered with chronic sciatica pain.
In the past year, he has used a cane or a wheelchair to alleviate his knee troubles.
Should Francis be medically impaired for any length of time, the Vatican could face a constitutional crisis. There is no “vice pope” in the Catholic system, meaning someone who can deputize the pope’s authority in his absence.
The Vatican’s secretary of state, currently Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, can supervise routine day-to-day management, but he has no powers, for example, to designate bishops or to create or suppress dioceses around the world.
The pope revealed in December that he had already arranged a letter of resignation in the case of permanent medical impairment, shortly after his election in 2013.
Francis said in an interview with Spanish daily ABC that he wrote the letter several years ago and handed it to then-Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
In 2013, Francis’ immediate predecessor, the late Pope Benedict XVI, made the almost unprecedented choice to step down from his post, citing his “advanced age” and shaking the Catholic world.
It marked the first time a pope had resigned in nearly 600 years. The last pope to step down before his death was Gregory XII, who in 1415 quit to end a civil war within the church in which more than one man claimed to be pope.
