Research under a false name, drones, police. Last preparations before the Pope's surgery

According to an Italian newspaper, an extraordinary surveillance plan has been implemented in the large hospital in the Eternal City for areas inside, in wards and corridors, as well as main and side entrances and clinical analysis laboratories.

The highest attention, the daily added, was focused on the security of confidential data regarding the pope's health and test results, which will be entered into systems using special codes or a false name. In this way, they are to be protected against hackers and information leakage.

The entire tenth floor of the hospital, where the Pope will stay, has been completely isolated from the remaining blocks and departments, but - as noted - Leo XIV will not occupy the apartment intended for popes since the times of John Paul II, because renovation is ongoing there. Another space was chosen, which will be guarded by the Vatican Gendarmerie in cooperation with the Italian police and Polyclinic security.

Law enforcement officers will be deployed around the hospital and will have, among other things, drones at their disposal. The Pope is scheduled to arrive in Gemelli before noon. The date of the operation has not been specified.