Lucrezia Ciotti Vittorio Sgarbi , hospitalized at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome for approximately three weeks, is showing slight signs of improvement, but his prognosis remains guarded. The art critic's health , still in intensive care, is the focus of new testimonies and clarifications from those close to him.
Vittorio Sgarbi admitted to Gemelli Hospital: the latest updates on his condition.
Vittorio Sgarbi , 74 , is showing some positive signs of recovery , but his clinical condition remains delicate. The art critic and former Undersecretary of Culture has been hospitalized since September 30 at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he was transferred after a serious respiratory crisis . According to sources cited by Adnkronos Salute and Fanpage.it , Sgarbi remains in the intensive care unit, undergoing constant monitoring.
Last week, doctors performed a percutaneous tracheostomy , a necessary procedure to facilitate breathing. Transfer to another department, including a rehabilitation facility, will be considered only in the coming days, should the patient's improvements continue.
Vittorio Sgarbi, how is he? Important news about his health.
Further details on the professor's condition have been provided by people close to his daughter, Evelina Sgarbi, who went to Gemelli Hospital in person on the evening of October 20 to check on her father. According to sources told Fanpage.it, the art critic is still very debilitated and in a reduced state of consciousness . " We found him more or less in the same condition he was in last week ," they reportedly said, denying rumors that he was able to speak and write. The same people explained that Sgarbi is still able to communicate through small eye movements and nods . Meanwhile, Evelina is reportedly having difficulty receiving telephone updates from the hospital: according to the sources' reconstruction, the head physician told her that information would only be provided in person, necessitating further trips to Rome.
After the news broke, Eugenio Lio , Elisabetta Sgarbi's partner, also responded, challenging the art critic's description of the condition. Specifically, he told Fanpage that the tracheostomy can make it difficult to speak normally, without necessarily preventing some words from being spoken softly. " With a tracheotomy still in progress, you can't speak, you whisper . Vittorio—with the tracheotomy—is whispering words. I don't see anything abnormal about it. I'd say it's part of the progression. As for the term 'semiconscious,' it's a word that has no medical or logical basis. He's alert and responding. And, in intensive care, it's advisable to rest to recover ," he stated, adding that, in his opinion, the term "semiconscious" would not be appropriate to describe his condition.