Silvio Berlusconi's health history
includes an operation for prostate cancer in 1997, an operation
to replace a faulty heart valve in 2016, and what he called a
"hellish" bout of COVID-19 two and a half years ago, which
turned into a vexatious stint of 'long COVID'.
Here is a rundown of the issues suffered by the 86-year-old
three-time ex-premier and media mogul, who was hospitalised for
cardiovascular problems on Wednesday.
- May 1997: operation to remove a prostate tumour at Milan's
San Raffaele Hospital, where his long-time personal physician
Alberto Zangrillo is head of anaesthesia and intensive care.
- summer 2006: meniscus fragment removed in hospital in
Antwerp.
- November 2006: hospitalised after bad turn at Forza Italia
rally at Montecatini Terme in southern Tuscany, spends a few
days at San Raffaele
- December 2006: pacemaker installed at Cleveland, Ohio
hospital
- December 13, 2009: facial bone repair after 'deranged' man
hurls Milan cathedral statuette at him in Piazza Duomo. The
injuries linger and he had an operation on his mandible two
years later, in 2011.
- 2010: operation at Humanitas Institute and Clinic at Rozzano
near Milan for tendinitis in left hand
-2013: Back in San Raffaele for op to repair painful eye
condition, uveitis
- April 2014: Back in San Raffaele for inflamed knee, gets
better after a few days
- December 2014: Back again after uveitis flares up, a few days
more
- December 2015: pacemaker replaced, at San Raffaele again, a
few days' convalescence
- Early 2016: cataract operation
- June 2016: operation to replace aortic valve, still at San
Raffaele
- Mid 2019: operation to clear intestinal blockage, discharged
after a few days
- September 2020: taken into San Raffaele with COVID-19, which
he called "a hellish illness". Discharged after 10 days but
subsequently hospitalised for a few brief stays as long COVID
set in
- January 2021: checks into heart clinic in Monte Carlo for a
few days, does a barrage of tests
- End of March 2023: In San Raffaele for heart check-up, kept in
for four days
- April 5, 2023: Admitted to San Raffaele with cardiovascular
issues
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