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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was diagnosed with leukemia, according to reports, a day after he was admitted to intensive care due to breathing problems.
The 86-year-old was transferred to Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital on Wednesday, where he is being treated in a cardiology unit.
The newspaper “Corriere della Sera” reported that the media businessman, who was discharged from the hospital only last week, had leukemia, while the ANSA news agency reported that he was being treated for a “serious blood disorder” and related cardiovascular problems.
Hospital sources told Rai News that Berlusconi had a “quiet night” but did not expect an official statement on his condition.
The press office of Forza Italia, the junior partner in Italy’s ruling government coalition, said in a statement that Berlusconi had phoned party officials, including Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, on Thursday morning.
“He greeted them with affection and recommended maximum commitment in Parliament, government and Forza Italia because ‘the country needs us!'” the statement said. ‘.’ Everyone assured him that they would not fail to be the most attentive, loyal and present in following his instructions, while waiting for him to recover soon and return to being the fighter he always was.’
Berlusconi’s family visited him in the hospital. “He’s a rock, so he’s going to make it this time, too,” his brother Paolo said as he was leaving the hospital Wednesday night.
Berlusconi, who led three Italian governments between early 1994 and 2011, has suffered several bouts of ill health in recent years.
In 2016, he underwent surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve and was in hospital with Covid-19 in September 2020. He subsequently struggled with chronic illnesses related to the virus, an experience he described as “the worst of my life”.
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He also beat pancreatic cancer in 1997.
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