Inability to speak and memory issues were cited as well. He was discharged from the hospital in September was moved back home for further rehabilitation. While some media promised encouraging news, some said he was "paralyzed" was confined to a wheelchair.
In June 2014, Schumacher left Grenoble for further rehabilitation at the Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland. Over the months, multiple reports regarding his recovery surfaced. The German racer was placed in a medically-induced coma following the diagnosis of the traumatic brain injury he suffered. Soon after his accident, he was airlifted to the Grenoble hospital and underwent two surgeries. The doctors who looked after him stated that not using the helmet would have resulted in death. Schumacher fell and sustained a head injury despite wearing a ski helmet. The aftermath of Michael Schumacher's skiing accident Michael Schumacher of Germany and team Ferrari visits Formula 1 testing on March 3, 2009, in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain (Getty Images) Michael Schumacher's wife and father to make rare appearance in documentary on F1 legend to be unveiled at Cannes Michael Schumacher 'not with us at this moment' but he will recover, former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone believes The documentary will add to the F1 content the streamer has produced after ' A life of speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio' story and three successful installments of ' Drive to Survive.' Only time will tell whether there will be more on the horrific injury suffered on Netflix's 'Schumacher'. Everything seemed fine until that moment in where he fell and hit his head on a rock while crossing an off-piste region between Piste Chamois and Piste Mauduit. Michael Schumacher had headed out to ski with his then 14-year-old son Mick and the duo were descending the Combe de Saulire below the Dent de Burgin above Méribel in the French Alps. “We all know he is a fighter and will not give up,'' they said.It was an ill-fated December 29 that saw life change for the Schumachers. In a statement posted on Schumacher's website, the former F1 star’s family thanked fans for their support. Supporters of the Scuderia Ferrari Club wore their team's red colours and carried a banner reading "Schumi, All our thoughts for you and your family". On Friday, scores of fans gathered outside the hospital where Schumacher is being treated to hold a vigil in honour of his 45th birthday.
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However, this has been denied by Schumacher’s media representative Sabine Kehm, who said the former racing driver “was not going quickly, because it seems he helped a friend who had fallen down".įans honour injured Schumacher on 45th birthdayĪccording to the latest information released by the hospital on Wednesday, the seven-time Formula One world Champion is now in a "stable" but still critical condition. Upon his arrival at hospital in Grenoble, Schumacher had fallen into a coma and underwent immediate surgery.įrench prosecutors have opened an investigation in an effort to clarify the cause of the accident and are likely to explore the possibility that the German was skiing at a high speed when he fell, as was claimed by the Meribel ski resort. He was unable to respond properly to questions and the movement of his limbs was erratic. Help arrived four minutes after the accident, says Bild, with Schumacher still conscious but his words and actions becoming increasingly incoherent. Despite wearing a helmet, which shattered on impact, Schumacher was badly hurt and was bleeding profusely from his head. Propelled into the air, Schumacher fell with the right side of his head landing on another rock. At the same time, one of the safety releases on Schumacher’s rented skis - now in the possession of investigators - failed to open, Bild claims. It was then that the Ferrari driver hit one of the several exposed rocks in the area, losing control of his trajectory.
Seeing that the daughter of one his friends was in difficulty, Schumacher went to help her, leaving the piste and skiing 20 metres into deep snow.
However, the exact circumstances surrounding the accident have so far remained unclear.īild says Schumacher’s fall took place sometime between 10:50 and 11:00 local time as he was skiing with friends and his teenage son. Schumacher, who spent his 45th birthday in a medically induced coma in hospital in Grenoble on Friday, was injured while skiing with his family off-piste in the resort town of Meribel in the French Alps after he fell and hit his head on a rock. The newspaper made the claim as part of detailed reconstruction of the accident including a video it says shows the course taken by Schumacher in the run up to his fall.
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