Former Italian prime minister, 86, spends second day in intensive care undergoing treatment for lung infection

Silvio Berlusconi suffering from leukaemia, doctors say


Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is suffering from leukaemia, his doctor revealed on Thursday, as the 86-year-old remained in intensive care for a second day undergoing treatment for a lung infection.
Berlusconi, who was Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister, was admitted to the intensive care unit of Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital on Wednesday.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:Amy Kazmin