“THE Silvio Berlusconi, it is better, we are optimistic” the president of the Mediaset television group, owned by the tycoon, said on Friday when he was released from Milan’s San Raffaele hospital. His brother, Paolo, expressed a similar assessment.

“It’s better, better than before,” he communicates, said the president of Mediaset, who remained in the Milan hospital for about 20 minutes.

“They told me he is fine,” he explained to reporters, adding that “yes, there is optimism” about his health. To those who asked him if he had exchanged some words with the former prime minister, he replied: “Just a joke, he was resting.”

Paolo Berlusconi also arrived in San Raffaele to visit his brother Silvio. Entering the hospital he told reporters: “Let’s see how he goes today, we are confident (of his recovery).”

O Silvio Berlusconi remains in the hospital’s intensive care unit Like his Raphael Milan, where he is given antibiotic treatment to treat pneumonia. At the same time, he has started a cycle of chemotherapy because of this chronic form of leukemia.

“It is a difficult test, but I will succeed this time too. I was always able to get back on my feet when faced with critical situations”Berlusconi said during his telephone conversation with the newspaper’s director Il Giornale Augusto Mizzolini.