The business magnate and former Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, remains admitted to the intensive care unit of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan with a stable prognosis, although he has asked to return home, according to media sources from the Italian agency ANSA.
Since his admission, last Wednesday, the doctors have only published a medical report confirming that Berlusconi, 86, has suffered from leukemia for some time and has been hospitalized to treat "a lung infection", but they have no intention of sharing another bulletin. updated this saturday
Therefore, Italy speculates on the state of health of the three-time prime minister, while the local press quotes sources close to him who say that he is responding well to treatment and is increasingly receiving longer visits.
On Friday, he called the director of the newspaper Il Giornale, Augusto Minzolini," whom he assured "It's hard, but I'll get out of this." "I've always managed to get out of difficult and delicate situations," he added in the phone call, according to the newspaper's editorial. .
For his part, the coordinator of the Forza Italia party and Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, acknowledged that Berlusconi would have liked to return home but admitted that he needed to continue under medical observation.
In the last hours he has also received a visit from his friend and political partner Gianni Letta: "He is better than they think," he told the journalists who stand guard outside the hospital.
Berlusconi, 86, was admitted last Wednesday and this Thursday a medical report was issued confirming that he has suffered "chronic myelomonocytic leukemia for a long time", treated with light chemotherapy because it has worsened in recent months. and is hospitalized "to treat a lung infection."
Outside the hospital a banner has been placed: "Come on, Silvio, Monza is with you", signed by the fans of the football club he owns.
During his entry, Berlusconi has also called the leaders of his party and allies in the Government, such as the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni and the Vice President and Minister of Infrastructure, Matteo Salvini.
In the hospital he is also accompanied by his family and has received the president of his media empire, Mediaset, Fedele Confalonieri, who said: "There is concern but we are optimistic"
Berlusconi had already been hospitalized at San Raffaele last week for what were described as "medical checks", but his conditions were not considered worrying. Over the years, Berlusconi has experienced successive hospitalizations: one of the most recent, in January 2022, was necessary for a urinary infection.
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