Berlusconi readmitted to Italian hospital for planned medical checks
Berlusconi readmitted to Italian hospital for planned medical checks
FILE - Forza Italia president Silvio Berlusconi waves to the press as he leaves the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, on Oct. 21, 2022. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to a Milan hospital where he spent 45 days this spring being treated for a lung infection and chronic leukemia, Italian media reported Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
Silvio Berlusconi waves as his car speeds past photographers and reporters without stopping to make remarks as he leaves the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Friday, May 19, 2023. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been released from a Milan hospital, a month and a half after he was admitted with a lung infection. (Alessandro Bremec/LaPresse via AP)
FILE - Forza Italia president Silvio Berlusconi waves to the press as he leaves the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, on Oct. 21, 2022. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to a Milan hospital where he spent 45 days this spring being treated for a lung infection and chronic leukemia, Italian media reported Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
FILE - Forza Italia president Silvio Berlusconi waves to the press as he leaves the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, on Oct. 21, 2022. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to a Milan hospital where he spent 45 days this spring being treated for a lung infection and chronic leukemia, Italian media reported Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
Silvio Berlusconi waves as his car speeds past photographers and reporters without stopping to make remarks as he leaves the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Friday, May 19, 2023. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been released from a Milan hospital, a month and a half after he was admitted with a lung infection. (Alessandro Bremec/LaPresse via AP)
Silvio Berlusconi waves as his car speeds past photographers and reporters without stopping to make remarks as he leaves the San Raffaele hospital, in Milan, Italy, Friday, May 19, 2023. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been released from a Milan hospital, a month and a half after he was admitted with a lung infection. (Alessandro Bremec/LaPresse via AP)
MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was readmitted to a Milan hospital Friday for planned medical checks related to his chronic leukemia, his doctors said in a statement.
Berlusconi’s doctors, Alberto Zangrillo and Fabio Ciceri, said the tests being conducted at San Raffaele Hospital had been moved up “as part of normal practice in medicine,” and that the timing didn’t signal “any criticality or alarm.”
The 86-year-old media mogul and former three-time premier spent 45 days being treated for a lung infection and chronic leukemia at the same hospital, before being discharged exactly three weeks ago.
The Italian news agency La Presse said he was expected to spend at least one night in the hospital.
Berlusconi’s Forza Italia Party is part of Premier Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition, but currently has no Cabinet posts. Berlusconi holds a seat in the Italian Senate.