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 the 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...
