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Concern grows over Di Battista as friends and family remain tight-lipped

From ANSA · () Italian

Translated from Italian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Alessandro Di Battista remains hospitalized in Havana after undergoing surgery, while his planned return to Rome has been postponed.
  • Friends and family are asking for discretion as doctors assess his response to the operation, with the journey potentially delayed by days or weeks.
  • Supporters and members of Italy's Five Star Movement continue to seek updates on the former lawmaker's condition.

The operation is over, but there is still no clear timetable for Alessandro Di Battista's return to Rome. Friends and family are urging caution while doctors assess how the activist and reporter is responding to surgery in Havana.

The utmost discretion and caution in sharing information while awaiting further updates.

· SchierarsiThe association asked the public to avoid spreading unconfirmed information about Di Battista's condition.

Di Battista had been expected to travel from Cuba to Rome by air ambulance, arriving on Saturday for treatment at Rome's Gemelli hospital. Those plans were abandoned after his condition worsened and doctors reassessed the case. He was instead operated on in Cuba and is still reportedly at Havana's Hermanos Ameijeiras hospital. His return could now take days or weeks.

The former lawmaker has been at the hospital for about a week. He was first admitted in serious condition in Santa Clara after suffering severe headaches, then transferred to the Cuban capital. His mother, Sahra Lahouasnia, and two Gemelli doctors, a neurosurgeon and an intensive-care specialist, traveled to Havana to work with the Cuban medical team. Luca Di Giuseppe, president of Di Battista's association Schierarsi, also went to Cuba before returning to Italy.

Can we have news about the operation? Is Alessandro well?

· SupportersFollowers posted messages online seeking updates after the surgery.

News of his condition has generated intense concern in Italy. Thousands of followers have asked online whether he is well and sent messages urging him to keep fighting. The Five Star Movement community, where Di Battista began his political career, has also been awaiting news. The last public update came from Schierarsi, which announced the delayed return to Rome and asked everyone to show "the utmost discretion and caution in sharing information while awaiting further updates." Di Battista had been in Cuba to work on a report for Il Fatto. He also declined an offer to use a state medical flight, and later clarified that the cost of the canceled air ambulance would have been covered by his insurance.

Alessandro, stay strong, fight, we are waiting for you.

· SupportersFollowers expressed support for Di Battista on social media.
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Originally published by ANSA in Italian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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