Italy’s former prime minister
Berlusconi apparently suffering from leukemia
Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi – seen here in a photo
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Italy’s ex-Prime Minister Berlusconi is still in the hospital and his condition is said to be stable. He is reportedly suffering from leukemia.
According to Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the condition of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is stable. Tajani, the deputy head of Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party, said on Italian television that he had called the 86-year-old’s doctor. Berlusconi spent a “quiet night”.
According to consistent media reports, Berlusconi is being treated in hospital for leukemia. The Ansa news agency reported that he had already started chemotherapy for blood cancer, citing Berlusconi’s environment. The doctors gave him the first dose last night. The newspaper “Corriere della Sera” had previously reported on leukemia.
The ex-prime minister was admitted to the San Raffaele clinic in Milan on Wednesday. Cardiovascular and respiratory problems were initially reported. “We hope that Löwe will come back soon. He never gives up,” said Tajani. “We remain optimistic.”
“His condition is stable, he is a rock”
According to media reports, his children, his partner and his brother Paolo visited him in the hospital on Wednesday. When leaving the clinic, the brother said to journalists: “His condition is stable, he is a rock.”
Berlusconi was released last Thursday after a four-day stay in that clinic. Officially, there was talk of routine examinations at the time. According to reports, Berlusconi has already been treated for cardiovascular problems.
The chairman of the governing party Forza Italia has been ill for years. At the end of 2020 he was suffering from corona and pneumonia, and last year he had to be hospitalized for a urinary tract infection. In 2016 he underwent heart surgery.