The leader of Forza Italy and three times Prime Minister of ItalySilvio Berlusconi (86 years old), has been diagnosed with leukemia after spending the night at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan in intensive care. Yesterday she received a visit from his brother Paolo and his sons, who assured that “It’s stable, it’s a rock. His humor? Ours is good. will also come out of this“.
At first there was talk of a hospitalization for Heart problems and after pneumonia, but the Corriere della Sera confirmed the diagnosis, which caused his admission only a few days ago, although this information has not been confirmed. ANDa was hospitalized in that Milanese hospital from Monday to Thursday last for “medical checks”according to sources close to the politician and businessman.
“He is in intensive care because a previous problem related to an infection had not been resolved. But he speaks and is awake,” explained the national coordinator of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani. After the news he added that “I spoke this morning with the doctor Alberto Zangrillo (Berlusconi’s personal doctor) and told me that he spent a quiet night, his condition is stable”.
[El ex primer ministro italiano Berlusconi, ingresado en cuidados intensivos en un hospital]
Berlusconi, leader of Italian politics in three different terms and whose formation is part of the ruling coalition led by the far-right Giorgia Meloni, has had a pacemaker implanted since 2006 and has health problems. In 2020 he was admitted with coronavirus and one bilateral pneumonia in San Rafael, although he was discharged a few days later, although since then he has repeatedly visited the hospital. The last one, also at the San Rafael hospital, was in January 2022 due to a urinary tract infection.
His current partner, the deputy of his party martha fascinates accompanied him to the hospital and has not left him for a moment. On Wednesday afternoon, her five children and the spokesperson for Forza Italia in the Senate, Licia Ronzulli, arrived.
A sincere and affectionate wish for prompt guidance to Silvio Berlusconi, who was awarded to San Raffaele di Milano. Force Silvio.
— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) April 5, 2023
Forza Italia reported in a note that Berlusconi telephoned the national coordinator of the formation, Antonio Tajani and the group’s spokesman in the Chamber, Paolo Barelli and other party leaders, and recommended “the maximum commitment in Parliament, in the government and in Forza Italia because ‘the country needs us!'”. “They all assured him that they will not stop being more attentive, loyal and present in following his instructions, hoping that he will recover soon and return to being the fighter as always,” reads the note.
During the day, messages from all the political leaders arrived: “Forza Silvio”, the Prime Minister wrote on her social networks, Giorgia Meloni; “Forza Silvio, Italy awaits you”, wrote the Minister of Infrastructure, Matteo Salvinibut also from representatives of the opposition such as Matteo Renzi (Live Italy), Carlos Calenda (Action) and Francesco Boccia (Democratic Party) who wished the “Cavaliere” a speedy recovery.
