Seven-time F1 champion had been in induced coma in Grenoble hospital since skiing accident in Decembe
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Former Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher
is no longer in a coma and has left the Grenoble hospital where he has
been treated since a skiing accident in the Alps five months ago, 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," his spokeswoman, Sabine Kehm, said in a statement. She did not indicate where he had been transferred to.
The
announcement came after a German magazine, Bunte, reported last Friday
that the 45-year old champion had been moved from the Grenoble
hospital's intensive care department, where he had been in a medically
induced coma, into a rehabilitation unit. The magazine reported that
Schumacher was "out of danger", although his chances of a full recovery
had diminished. It said that preparations were under way to move him to a
specialised rehabilitation clinic.
Grenoble University hospital. Photograph: Abaca/Barcroft
Schumacher sustained life-threatening head injuries after falling on to a rock while skiing with friends in the resort of Meribel, in the French Alps, on 29 December. He underwent two operations in Grenoble to remove blood clots on the brain.
Monday's communique was the first issued by Kehm since 4 April, when she said that the Formula 1 legend was making "small signs of progress" and was showing "some moments of communication".
But since then, former Formula 1 doctor, Gary
Hartstein, wrote on his blog earlier this month that he feared the
worst, given the lack of information from Schumacher's family. He said
he was "quite afraid, and virtually certain, we will never have any good
news about Michael".
Kehm thanked the doctors and nurses at Grenoble hospital and the rescue services who rushed him from the scene of the accident. She said they had done "an excellent job in those first months".
The statement also expressed gratitude for messages of support which she said had surely helped the injured former champion.
But she also asked for privacy while Schumacher's "further rehabilitation" took place "away from the public eye".
The seven-time Formula 1 champion has a home on the shores of Lake Geneva. It was reported in March that his wife Corinna had spent £10million on building a medical suite in the mansion there.
Source: The Guardian UK
"Michael has left the CHU Grenoble [hospital] to continue his long phase of rehabilitation. He is not in a coma anymore," his spokeswoman, Sabine Kehm, said in a statement. She did not indicate where he had been transferred to.
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Schumacher sustained life-threatening head injuries after falling on to a rock while skiing with friends in the resort of Meribel, in the French Alps, on 29 December. He underwent two operations in Grenoble to remove blood clots on the brain.
Monday's communique was the first issued by Kehm since 4 April, when she said that the Formula 1 legend was making "small signs of progress" and was showing "some moments of communication".
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Kehm thanked the doctors and nurses at Grenoble hospital and the rescue services who rushed him from the scene of the accident. She said they had done "an excellent job in those first months".
The statement also expressed gratitude for messages of support which she said had surely helped the injured former champion.
But she also asked for privacy while Schumacher's "further rehabilitation" took place "away from the public eye".
The seven-time Formula 1 champion has a home on the shores of Lake Geneva. It was reported in March that his wife Corinna had spent £10million on building a medical suite in the mansion there.
Source: The Guardian UK
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