Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was released from Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital on Saturday, where he was treated for complications related to his earlier bout with coronavirus.
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Reuters / May 15, 2021, 22:57 IST
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MILAN: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has left Milan s San Raffaele hospital after a five-day stay, a spokesman for his Forza Italia (Go Italy!) party said on Saturday.
Berlusconi, 84, exited via a side entrance and was not seen by photographers and cameramen waiting outside the main doors.
Speculation has mounted in recent days that Berlusconi s health is deteriorating badly. His doctors have not released a detailed update on his condition for weeks, however, his party denied on Friday that he was in a critical condition.
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Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is not very well , key ally Matteo Salvini said Friday, but he and others insisted the 84-year-old would soon be out of hospital.
The media mogul, who has suffered from increasing health problems in recent years, was admitted to San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Tuesday for complications linked to a coronavirus infection last year. I spoke to Berlusconi . he s not very well but he ll pull through, being the fighter that he is, Salvini, leader of the far-right League party, told RAI public radio.
Berlusconi has been in and out of hospital in recent months. In September, after being hospitalised for 11 days with Covid-19-related pneumonia, he said he had a close brush with death.
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