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Silvio Berlusconi at a rally (picture from September 2022)
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in hospital for scheduled examinations. The 86-year-old has been at the San Raffaele clinic in Milan since Friday afternoon to undergo health checks related to his chronic leukemia, according to a note signed by his doctors from the Milan clinic. The controls are therefore in line with "normal medical practice" and are not a cause for concern.
Berlusconi was only recently treated in the hospital in the northern Italian metropolis. He came to the clinic in early April for pneumonia and was also treated for chronic leukemia. He was in intensive care for about two weeks. After a total of 45 days, he was able to leave the hospital.
Between 1994 and 2011, the right-wing populist politician was Italian Prime Minister a total of four times. Currently, his party is part of the government.
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