Italy: Silvio Berlusconi in intensive care after a heart problem

The 86-year-old Italian ex-head of state was admitted to a cardiac surgery unit at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, according to Italian media.

by IM with AFP

I’Former head of the Italian government Silvio Berlusconi, 86, was hospitalized in intensive care for a heart problem, a source close to the tycoon told Agence France Presse on Wednesday. Silvio Berlusconi is in a cardiac surgery unit at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, added this source, confirming information from Italian media.

According to the Ansa press agency, he was hospitalized in the morning “for cardiovascular problems” and his condition is “currently stable”. Silvio Berlusconi, whose party, Forza Italia, is part of the coalition supporting the government of Giorgia Meloni, 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 for “Covid-19 sequelae” which he had contracted in September 2020. Silvio Berlusconi underwent major open-heart surgery in 2016, then an operation for an intestinal obstruction in the spring of 2019.