Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has undergone an emergency angioplasty, a procedure to unblock obstructed arteries of the heart, after feeling ill while returning from Paris on Tuesday, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
The 62-year-old prime minister, who took office last month, is doing well after the operation in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, his spokeswoman Flaminia Lais said, reports Reuters.
A hospital source said the operation took place on Tuesday night. No further details on his condition or prognosis were immediately available.
Gentiloni, of the centre-left Democratic Party, formed a government after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi stepped down in the wake of a crushing referendum loss over his flagship constitutional reform.
