Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being treated for a type of chronic leukaemia, hospital doctors in Milan have confirmed.
He was rushed to intensive care on Wednesday with breathing problems and doctors said he was suffering from a related lung infection.
A four-time prime minister and media mogul, Mr Berlusconi, 86, still leads his party and is an elected senator.
But he has had repeated health problems since he contracted Covid-19 in 2020.
Colleagues have expressed hope that he will still be able to return to front-line politics as he continues to lead Forza Italia, a centre-right junior partner in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition. (BBC)
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