Berlusconi’s physician says he’s responding effectively to therapy

ROME — Silvio Berlusconi’s physician, who’s treating him for a lung an infection, stated Saturday that the previous Italian premier is responding effectively to therapy in an intensive care unit at a Milan hospital, an Italian information company reported.

Alberto Zangrillo, who additionally heads the ICU at San Raffaele hospital the place the Italian media mogul was admitted on Wednesday, stated Berlusconi “is used to responding with his best” and that regardless of the “grave illness in a truly difficult situation, he’s responding well to the treatments,” ANSA reported.

Zangrillo revealed earlier within the week that Berlusconi, 86, has had a power type of leukemia for a while.

On Saturday, Berlusconi was visited by a longtime advisor, Gianni Letta, who stated, “I found him better than what I thought” and desperate to rebound.

“You know how every time he sets an aim, he reaches it,” Letta advised reporters outdoors the hospital.

In remarks to reporters, Zangrillo referred to the an infection as a “complication,” given Berlusconi’s power leukemia. Earlier within the week, Berlusconi’s docs stated they had been treating his lung an infection and giving him medication to “restore preexisting clinical conditions” given the leukemia.