The condition of former Italian premier Silvio Berlucsconi, hospitalised in intensive care for a lung infection, is progressively improving, allowing for “cautious optimism,” his doctors said on Monday.
Berlusconi, 86, was taken on Wednesday to the intensive care unit at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital.
Doctors revealed that the media tycoon and three-time premier has had a chronic form of leukemia for some time. Monday’s new health bulletin, signed by Berlusconi’s doctors Alberto Zangrillo and Fabio Ciceri, said they observed a “progressive and constant improvement” in his condition.