Enrico Pazzali, president of
Fondazione Fiera Milano, opened the 61st edition of the Mailan
Furniture Fair (Salone del Mobile) on Tuesday by dedicating a
round of applause to former premier Silvio Berlusconi, who is at
Milan's San Raffaele hospital receiving treatment for a lung
infection and chronic leukemia.
"Let me recall a person I met precisely during the Salone del
Mobile, a gentleman (who) came to visit us and became a friend
and supporter of Fiera Milano," said Pazzali.
"That gentleman was Silvio Berlusconi, to whom I wish a good
recovery and to whom I would like to dedicate a round of
applause."
On Tuesday sources said the 86-year-old three-times former
premier and leader of the centre-right Forza Italia party had
spent another quiet night in hospital, his 13th since being
admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) on April 5.
On Monday Professor Alberto Zangrillo, San Raffaele's ICU head
and Berlusconi's personal physician, and head blood cancer
physician Fabio Ciceri confirmed that the billionaire
businessman had been moved out of intensive care to an ordinary
ward.
The move was made possible by a good "response to treatment"
according to a statement.
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