Retired Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher, 44, is fighting for his
life after he fell and hit his head on a rock while skiing off piste
with his 14-year-old son Mick in t
he resort of Meribel in the French Alps yesterday morning Sunday December 29th.
Doctors who treated the seven-time Formula
One world
champion said he would ‘have died’ had he not been wearing a crash
helmet. But despite the helmet, Michael Schumacher suffered serious head
injuries that has left him in a coma since the accident. The German
driver required immediate brain surgery as he got to the hospital and is currently being kept in an induced coma, officials said.
Speaking at a press conference at the
Grenoble Hospital where he's being treated, Doctors said they can't predict the future for Michael
Schumacher.
"Michael Schumacher was the victim of very
serious trauma. He was very agitated when he arrived and we decided he
was in a critical situation and he quickly went into a coma. The
neurosurgical treatment he received brought us quite a lot of
information. We had to operate urgently to release some pressure in his
head. Unfortunately, he has some lesions within his brain. We judge him to be
in a very serious situation. We cannot predict the future for Michael
Schumacher." Continue...
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| Schumacher with his son |
Chief
anaesthesiologist professor Jean-Francois Payen added:
‘We can say he
is fighting for his life. We think his helmet did help, without a helmet
he wouldn't be here now. We judge him to be in a very serious
situation. We cannot tell what the outcome will be yet. We are working
hour-by-hour but it's too early to say what is going to happen and to
have a prognosis.’
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| Doctors during the press conference |
"On his arrival we examined him
clinically and we realised he was in a serious condition, in a coma,
with in fact cranial pressure. The
brain scan showed a number of pieces of information, some intercranial
haematoma (internal bleeding) but also some cerebral contusions
(bruising of the brain tissue) and oedema (build-up of fluid). We
operated urgently to try to eliminate the haematoma. After the
operation we saw that we had been able to eliminate these haematoma but
also sadly the appearance of various bilateral lesions. So therefore he was taken to intensive care to try to help.'
"I'd say this accident happened in the right place
because he was taken into hospital immediately and operated on as soon
as he arrived, this meant his state is critical and he is still in a
coma and he will be kept in a coma.
"Everything
that needed to be done has been done at the moment we can't really say
when he will recover, we cannot answer this yet.
Schumacher's
wife and two children are reportedly at his bedside. God graces be with him.
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