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| Silvio Berlusconi living with leukaemia for some time, doctor confirms | |
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| Former prime minister, 86, is being treated for lung infection at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital | |
| The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been suffering from leukaemia for some time and is in intensive care, his doctor has confirmed. | |
| The 86-year-old was admitted to Milan’s San Raffaele hospital on Wednesday, where he is being treated for a lung infection. | |
| “The infection is part of a chronic haematological condition of which he has been a carrier for some time: chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia,” Alberto Zangrillo said in a statement. | |
| He said the leukaemia was not acute and that “the ongoing therapeutic strategy foresees the treatment of the lung infection”. | |
| The media tycoon had been discharged from the same hospital last week. | |
| The press office for Forza Italia, a junior partner in Italy’s ruling government coalition, said in a statement that Berlusconi telephoned party officials, including the foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, on Thursday morning. | The press office for Forza Italia, a junior partner in Italy’s ruling government coalition, said in a statement that Berlusconi telephoned party officials, including the foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, on Thursday morning. |
| “He greeted them affectionately and recommended the utmost commitment in parliament, government and Forza Italy because ‘the country needs us!’” the statement said. “Everyone assured him that they would not fail to be more attentive, loyal and present in following his instructions, while waiting for him to soon recover and return to being the fighter he has always been.” | “He greeted them affectionately and recommended the utmost commitment in parliament, government and Forza Italy because ‘the country needs us!’” the statement said. “Everyone assured him that they would not fail to be more attentive, loyal and present in following his instructions, while waiting for him to soon recover and return to being the fighter he has always been.” |
| Berlusconi’s family members have visited him in hospital. “He’s a rock, so he is going to make it this time as well,” his brother Paolo said as he left the hospital on Wednesday night. | Berlusconi’s family members have visited him in hospital. “He’s a rock, so he is going to make it this time as well,” his brother Paolo said as he left the hospital on Wednesday night. |
| Berlusconi, who led three Italian governments between 1994 and 2011, has had several episodes of ill health in recent years. | |
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| In 2016, he had surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve and was in hospital with Covid-19 in September 2020. He subsequently suffered from lingering ailments related to the virus, an experience he described as “the worst of my life”. | |
| He also overcame prostate cancer in 1997. |