Stephen Hawking discharged from Rome hospital
Hospital sources say Hawking is in a good condition and is returning to Britain

Physicist Stephen Hawking sits on stage during an announcement of the Breakthrough Starshot initiative with investor Yuri Milner in New York April 12, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
Hawking, who was in the Italian capital to attend a conference at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and met Pope Francis on Monday, was taken to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Thursday night.
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The hospital, considered one of the country's best and where popes are treated, said Hawking was in a good condition and was returning to Britain.
Hawking, 74, suffers from motor neurone disease, speaks through a computer and travels with a staff that includes two nurses.
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