Silvio Berlusconi, who was Italian prime minister four times, is in intensive care in a cardiac unit at Milan's San Raffaele Hospital, sources say
An Italian court acquitted Berlusconi in February over allegations of paying witnesses to lie in an underage prostitution case
Three sources from Berlusconi's Forza Italia party said on Wednesday he was in intensive care, and one of them confirmed Italian media reports that he was being treated in a cardiac unit. San Raffaele Hospital did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 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 the hospital over the past couple of years after contracting Covid-19 in 2020.Berlusconi, who sits in the Senate of the Italian parliament, has stirred controversy in recent months with his criticism of Ukraine's President Volodymir Zelenskyy, putting him at odds with Meloni.
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