Berlusconi to undergo cosmetic surgery after the attack

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was discharged and left the hospital in a car. While on the vehicle he did not roll down the window for comment, but waved to reporters waiting outside the hospital.

Berlusconi, according to reports, went to his residence in Arcore, near the city of Milan.There will be at rest on medical advice for at least 15 days.

Berlusconi had a bandage covering his wounds in the nose and upper lip.

According to international media reports, Berlusconi may receive follow-up treatment at a Swiss clinic for the facial injuries he suffered in the attack.

- The Italian prime minister should arrive here in the Ars Medica private clinic at Gravesano – Carlo Zoppi, mayor of the southern Swiss village, was quoted as saying by Le Matin. – He should be arriving in the coming days. -

Neither the mayor nor his office could be reached Thursday.

The clinic in Italian-speaking Switzerland has plastic surgery and orthopaedic wards, according to its website, and is close to the Italian border.

Berlusconi reportedly has undergone cosmetic surgery there before.