Italian media mogul and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was on Friday admitted to a Milan hospital after earlier testing positive for COVID-19. Details:
Freshly ousted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi did not have much success in attempting to save his country's economy, and now he faces the similarly difficult task of rescuing his media empire.Italian media mogul and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has COVID-19 and a history of heart and other medical problems, was admitted early Friday to a Milan hospital, where tests found that he has the"beginnings" of pneumonia, state radio said.
A CT scan done at San Raffaele hospital found the “beginnings of pneumonia in both lungs,” the late-morning radio report said. Berlusconi was reported to be staying in isolation in a 6th floor section of the hospital set aside for VIPs. He has been there several times before for previous medical problems.
On Thursday, Berlusconi, speaking in a strong but somewhat nasal voice from his estate on the outskirts of Milan, told his supporters he no longer had fever or pain. Italian media have said two of his adult children were recently diagnosed with COVID-19, as well as his girlfriend, who is a 30-year-old former staff member of the soccer team Berlusconi used to own.newspaper said he told the daily on Thursday.
In 1997, he successfully battled prostate cancer, including by surgery. In 2006, he had heart tests at San Raffaele after fainting during a speech. A few weeks later he was fitted with a pacemaker at a U.S. hospital. He also has had bowel surgery for an obstruction and suffered an inflammatory eye condition in the past.
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