Former head of the Italian government Silvio Berlusconi, 86, has been hospitalized in intensive care for a heart problem, a source close to the tycoon told AFP on Wednesday. He is in a cardiac surgery unit at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan (north), added this source, confirming information from Italian media.
According to the Ansa press agency, he was hospitalized in the morning “due to cardiovascular problems” and his condition is “currently stable.”
Hospitalized several times in recent years
Silvio Berlusconi, whose Forza Italia party is part of the coalition supporting Giorgia Meloni’s government, has recently increased hospital stays, the last officially last week for check-ups.
In April 2021, he had been hospitalized for more than three weeks due to “aftermath of Covid-19” that he had contracted in September 2020.
Silvio Berlusconi underwent major open heart surgery in 2016 and then surgery for intestinal obstruction in the spring of 2019.
HE Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvani he wished her “best wishes” for a recovery.
Source: BFM TV
