The 25 th “ World Day of the Sick” will be celebrated this year, on 11 th February 2017. This year, the Holy father offered prayerful support and encouragement to physicians, nurses, volunteers and all those consecrated men and women committed to serving the sick and those in need. The history behind celebrating World Day of Sick is that the Pope John Poul II had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease as early as 1991, an illness which was disclosed later on, but he decided to create a World Day of the Sick only one year after his diagnosis.
On this world sick day, the Pope Francis had written a great deal on the topic suffering and believed that it was very much a salvific and redeeming process. Feverish illness in young children usually indicates an underlying infection and is a cause of concern for parents and carers. Feverish illness is very common in young children, with between…
