Berlusconi stitched up after cutting lip in fall

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi Photo: Xinhua/Jin Yu

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi Photo: Xinhua/Jin Yu

Published Apr 29, 2017

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Rome  – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi required minor medical treatment for a cut to his lip after a fall, according to Italian news agency ANSA on Saturday.

"It's nothing serious. It's just a little thing," Berlusconi's physician, Alberto Zangrillo, told the agency.

The 80-year-old leader of the centre-right political party Forza Italia slipped and fell after dining with his children in the city of Portofino. He was treated in Milan, where he got stitches.

A personal friend, Massimo Mallegni, said on Saturday during a Forza Italia meeting – which Berlusconi was scheduled to attend – that the former premier would probably leave the hospital on Saturday.

dpa

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