Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is currently in intensive care suffering from leukaemia and a lung infection, was showing signs of improvement, his brother said Thursday.
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Valentina Di Donato, Alex Hardie and Rob Picheta, CNN Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister and leader of the Forza Italia party, has been diagnosed with leukemia, it was confirmed on Thursday.
The 86-year-old media tycoon who has had repeated bouts of ill health in recent years is being treated in a cardiac unit at Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been suffering from chronic blood cancer for some time and is currently in intensive care for a lung infection, his doctors said on Thursday.
Italy’s former Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s lung infection is caused by chronic-stage leukemia, his physician revealed in the politician’s latest string of health setbacks.
The billionaire former prime minister of Italy is in intensive care in a hospital in Milan. His doctors said he has been diagnosed with leukemia, but not an acute form of the blood cancer.
The former prime minister is in intensive care for a lung infection, and has been in treatment for leukemia "for some time," his doctors said in a statement.
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is being treated for a lung infection that is a result of chronic leukemia, his doctors said Thursday, revealing the latest of string of health setbacks for the 86-year-old media mogul.
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Doctor: Former Italian Premier Berlusconi Has "Chronic" Leukemia | Since Then
