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Michael Schumacher 'In Critical Condition'


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By Joffa - 30 Dec 2013 10:12 AM

Michael Schumacher 'In Critical Condition'

Seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher remains in a coma after suffering serious head injuries while skiing with his son.10:19pm UK, Sunday 29 December 2013

Former motor racing world champion Michael Schumacher is in a coma following a skiing accident in France.

The 44-year-old German suffered a "serious brain trauma with coma on his arrival, which required an immediate neurosurgical operation," according to the hospital treating Schumacher in the French city of Grenoble.

Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he reportedly hit his head on a rock while skiing in the French Alps.

He was airlifted off the mountain following the accident in the resort of Meribel, in the popular Three Valleys area.


The German Formula One legend skiing in Italy in 2006
The sports star was skiing with his 14-year-old son and some friends when the accident occurred.

Schumacher's agent, Sabine Kehm, said: ''Michael fell on his head during a private ski trip in the French Alps.

"He was hospitalised and is receiving medical care. We ask for your understanding that we cannot give a running commentary on his state of health.

"He was wearing a helmet and was not alone.''


The accident occurred in the resort of Meribel in France
Journalist Carole Bouchard, from the French newspaper L'Equipe, told Sky News that the racing driver's condition had deteriorated this evening.

The French Mountain Gendarmerie had earlier said Schumacher's life was not in danger.

Former Ferrari team boss Jean Todt and Professor Gerard Saillant, a brain and spine injury expert, are at the Grenoble University Hospital Centre where Schumacher is being treated.

Professor Saillant co-ordinated Schumacher's medical care after the driver broke his leg in the 1999 British Grand Prix.


Schumacher made a comeback to Formula One for Mercedes in 2010
The seven-times world champion first retired from Formula One in 2006. He owns a chalet in the Meribel resort and is a keen skier.

He has been hurt seriously once before, in a motorcycling accident in February 2009 when he suffered neck and spine injuries.

He recovered sufficiently from those injuries to make a comeback to Formula One in 2010.

But he made a disappointing return to the sport, managing only one podium finish during his three years with Mercedes.

The German driver retired from Formula One for a second time in December 2012.

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By Heineken - 17 Jun 2014 5:13 AM

Michael Schumacher leaves hospital after waking from coma
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Formula One ex-champion Michael Schumacher, who sustained severe head injuries in a ski accident in late 2013, is no longer in a coma and has left the French hospital where he was being treated since the accident, his spokeswoman said on Monday.
"Michael has left the CHU Grenoble (hospital) to continue his long phase of rehabilitation. He is not in a coma anymore," said a statement from spokeswoman Sabina Kehm.
"His family would like to explicitly thank all his treating doctors, nurses and therapists in Grenoble as well as the first aiders at the place of the accident, who did an excellent job in those first months.
Michael Schumacher, pictured in 2006.
Michael Schumacher, pictured in 2006. Photo: AFP
"For the future, we ask for understanding that his further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye," she said, without giving further details about his condition.
Schumacher has been transferred to the University Hospital of Lausanne, the Swiss hospital confirmed on Monday.
The spokesperson declined to say what unit Schumacher, who lives with his family in a town between Lausanne and Geneva, was being treated in, citing medical secrecy and family privacy.
Schumacher slammed his head on a rock while skiing in the French resort of Meribel in December and was put in a medically induced coma after undergoing brain surgery at the hospital in the Alpine city of Grenoble.
His family said at the end of January that drugs used to keep the 45-year-old in his deep sleep were being reduced to bring him back to consciousness, but little had filtered out about his condition since then.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/michael-schumacher-leaves-hospital-after-waking-from-coma-20140616-zs9y0.html#ixzz34paQLq00


Wonderful news. Great to hear he's 'awake' and definitely out of hospital. Definitely a long way to go I'm sure in terms of rehabilitation, but if he's out of hospital, it can only be good news.