The state of health of the most famous mobster in Italy, Matteo Messina Denaro, arrested on Monday and who suffers from cancer, is “
serious
”, said Wednesday a doctor from the Sicilian clinic where the man was arrested after 30 years on the run.
“
His condition is serious.
The disease has accelerated in recent months
,” Vittori Gebbia, head of the oncology department at the Maddalena clinic in Palermo, told
La Repubblica
daily .
Matteo Messina Denaro was operated on in 2020 and then in 2022 for colon cancer.
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“
I would not say that he is a healthy patient,
” added Vittori Gebbia, questioned by the journalist on the remarks of the prosecutor Paolo Guido who had declared during the arrest to have found a man “
in good health
”.
Doctor Gebbia also clarified that the carabinieri who arrested Matteo Messina Denaro were attentive to his state of health.
"
The carabinieri asked me if delaying the chemotherapy cycle he should have had for a few days would have any consequences and I signed the authorization because such a slight delay will have no effect on his state of health
", he assured.
After his arrest in Palermo, Matteo Messina Denaro was transferred to a high security prison in L'Aquila, Abruzzo.
He is being held in solitary confinement and according to the daily
Corriere della Sera
, he will be taken to follow the chemotherapy treatment at the San Salvatore hospital in L'Aquila, which has a unit reserved for this type of prisoner.