Former Italian PM Berlusconi in intensive care in hospital

Silvio Berlusconi, who was Italian prime minister four times, is in intensive care in a cardiac unit at Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital, political sources said on Wednesday.
The 86-year-old billionaire media tycoon has suffered repeated bouts of ill-health in recent years and came out of hospital just last week.
Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party is part of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition although he does not have a role in government.
Berlusconi, who made his fortune through his television channels before entering politics, had heart surgery in 2016 and has also had prostate cancer. He has been repeatedly admitted to hospital over the past couple of years after contracting COVID-19 in 2020.