Silvio Berlusconi's condition was
better than expected, the ex-premier's close aide Gianni Letta
said Saturday after visiting him in the the intensive care unit
of the San Raffaele hospital in Milan.
The media billionaire and Forza Italia (FI) leader was admitted
to the hospital's intensive care unit on Wednesday, suffering
with a lung infection and the effects of chronic leukemia.
"I visited him in intensive care," Letta told reporters.
"We spoke and I found him better than I though I would.
"We can wish him a Happy Easter because the road of the rebirth,
if not the resurrection, has been taken".
Paolo Barelli, the FI leader in the Lower House, told La7
television on Saturday that the 86-year-old's third night in
intensive care "passed quietly".
"Berlusconi is responding to the therapies, this is very
important and gives us hope," he added.
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