AFP reported that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (86) promised on the 7th (local time) that he would overcome the disease while in a hospital bed.
Former Prime Minister Berlusconi is in hospital for treatment for leukemia and a lung infection. On this day, the newspaper he owned, ‘Il Jornale’, featured a photo of him wearing a knight’s uniform used in his election campaign in his youth and published the title ‘I will not give up’ on the front page. The article contained content that former Prime Minister Berlusconi said in a hospital bed, “It’s difficult, but I’ll do it this time too.”
Several Berlusconi supporters gathered outside the hospital to show their support, while fans of Berlusconi-owned football club Monza shouted ‘Cheer up, Silvio! Monza is with you.”
Former Prime Minister Berlusconi has been repeatedly hospitalized and discharged due to deteriorating health in recent years. It has been a week since he was discharged from the hospital after four days of hospitalization at San Raffaele Hospital. However, his condition is said to be not bad. Earlier on the 6th, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said, “I spoke to the attending physician and he said that his condition is stable.”
Former Prime Minister Berlusconi made a fortune in the construction industry, then built a media empire and made a name for himself in the political world based on his wealth. A three-time prime minister, he last served as prime minister in 2011, but caused a stir with sex crimes and corruption scandals. After that, he was elected to the Italian Senate in September last year, but had to be hospitalized repeatedly due to deteriorating health.
After overcoming pancreatic cancer in 1997, he underwent surgery to replace an aortic valve in 2016, and was hospitalized with Corona 19 in 2020.
He is a long-time friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and recently sparked controversy by blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the war in Ukraine.
Source: Donga
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