In a video published on social media, the presenter is in a hospital bed due to her maculopathy

December 30th – 2pm – MILAN

The end of the year is bitter for Mara Venier. Italy’s aunt ends 2025 in a hospital room, forced into a new forced stop due to her persistent vision problems. The presenter of Sunday In she was hospitalized to undergo a delicate eye surgerythe latest in a series of procedures to stem the effects of a serious maculopathy that has haunted her for some time.

Mara Venier hospitalized, the video of the announcement

The news came directly from the presenter’s social profiles. Through a story published on Instagram, the seventy-five year old showed herself to her followers from the ward bed, with a conspicuous dressing to cover the operated eye. “Let’s end the year like this,” she says dejectedly in the story. “Happy New Year everyone. Let’s hope it’s really the end of this year.” In the video, Mara Venier also wanted to express her opinion gratitude to the doctors who are following her on this difficult therapeutic journey.

Maculopathy, Mara Venier’s disease

The presenter has long suffered from maculopathy, a pathology that affects the retina and which progressively reduces central vision. The problems began in 2024, when a haemorrhage in the retina of the right eye led to the development of the exudative form, treatable with eye surgery.

On November 9th, live at Sunday InVenier explained: “Today is difficult for me. I apologize. Sometimes I can’t see, sorry if I miss a beat.” “Now I see something. I’m in good hands, but it was a trauma.”



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