Silvio Berlusconi suffers from leukemia and is admitted to the ICU

Former Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the Forza Italia party, Silvio Berlusconi is entered in the intensive care unit from the San Rafaelle hospital in Milan.

The medical authorities have not reported on the state in which he is, although his party partner and Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, has affirmed that he is stable and “it’s been a quiet night.” However, close sources have confirmed that Silvio Berlusconi He has leukemia and is in serious condition.. The newspaper Corriere della Sera has published that the reason for hospitalization has been pneumonia as a result of the leukemia he suffers from.

party members Forza Italy have preferred not go into details on that question. In a statement, Forza Italia has only assured that several party colleagues have been able to speak with Berlusconi on the phone and that he has asked them not to neglect their tasks. However, Paolo Barelli, leader of the party in the Italian chamber, has affirmed before the microphones of an Italian station that the former prime minister is facing an infection “of something that he already had” and that they are awaiting information about his evolution.

The five children of the politician and his brother are in the hospital.

Silvio Berlusconi, 86, was already hospitalized at the end of March and, upon leaving the medical center, declined to make statements to the press.

Despite his age and the various legal cases that have been pending for years, Berlusconi remains a popular figure in Italy. In the last elections he was able to hold an elected position as a senator again and his party is part of the current government coalition, headed by Giorgia Meloni.