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Emeritus President Giorgio Napolitano in serious condition

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The health condition of President Emeritus Giorgio Napolitano has deteriorated. The former head of state has long been suffering from a particularly complex medical condition, which has worsened in recent hours.

Giorgio Napolitano, who turned 98 on June 29, has been suffering from a particularly complex medical condition for some time, and the situation has apparently worsened further in the last few hours.

On May 21, 2022, Napolitano underwent abdominal surgery and was hospitalized for nine days at Rome's Spallanzani Hospital.

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The post-operative course was regular.

A scheduled operation performed by the team of surgeon Giuseppe Maria Ettorre, a specialist in oncology, hepatobiliary surgery, and liver transplants.

It was the second operation since he left the presidency of the Republic, at the beginning of 2015, after two years of the second mandate. On April 24, 2018, in fact, nine days after having spoken with President Mattarella at the Quirinale for the post-election consultations, the senator for life had been hospitalized at the San Camillo hospital in Rome for a sudden illness and had undergone a complex operation on the aorta, performed by Professor Francesco Musumeci.

Article published on September 19, 2023 - 10:58 - Editorial Staff

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