Former Italian head of government Silvio Berlusconi, treated for leukemia, was hospitalized Friday, June 9 in Milan for "planned checks", said his entourage. Aged 86, Silvio Berlusconi was admitted to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan (North), told AFP a source close to the billionaire.
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These controls were already planned, they were simply anticipated by a few days, "said Antonio Tajani, deputy prime minister and number two of his party Forza Italia, quoted by the agency Askanews. Silvio Berlusconi left San Raffaele hospital on 19th May after spending 45 days there.
'The Immortal'
He had been admitted there to treat a weakness related to a lung infection, but his doctors revealed that he had chronic leukemia. Nicknamed "the immortal" for his longevity in politics and one of the richest men on the peninsula with a fortune valued by Forbes at 6.4 billion euros, Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalized several times in recent years.
In January 2022, he had stayed at the San Raffaele to treat a urinary tract infection. The previous April, he had also been hospitalized for more than three weeks for "sequelae of Covid-19" that he had contracted in September 2020. He underwent major open-heart surgery in 2016 and surgery to treat a bowel obstruction in the spring of 2019. In 1997, he underwent surgery for a malignant tumor in his prostate.