Former Italian PM Berlusconi was re-admitted to hospital in Milan for a scheduled medical checkup on Friday, just weeks after being discharged following a long stay, according to the hospital bulletin.
Berlusconi, 86, left San Raffaele Hospital last month after six weeks of treatment for a lung infection linked to a chronic“Silvio Berlusconi is currently at the San Raffaele Hospital to undergo scheduled tests in connection with his known hematological pathology,” the San Raffae le hospital bulletin signed by doctors Alberto Zangrillo and Fabio Ciceri said.
It added the checks, which came earlier than planned, were not related to “any criticality or alarm” and responded “to clinical criteria of normal practice in medicine”. Berlusconi served as prime minister in 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and 2008-2011 and although he does not have a direct role in government, his Forza Italia party is a member ofA source from Forza Italia said Berlusconi might spend the night in hospital, after local media reports that he would stay there overnight.
A government source told Reuters Berlusconi had scheduled a meeting with Forza Italia senior members, including ministers, at his house near Milan for Saturday, but it remained to be seen whether it would take place.Berlusconi’s health has markedly deteriorated in recent years, with open-heart surgery in 2016 and numerous hospital admissions since contracting
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