Formula One great Michael Schumacher is out of his coma and has left a French hospital where he was receiving treatment.
In a statement issued today, Schumacher’s official spokesperson Sabine Kehm said he has left the Grenoble hospital to continue rehabilitation and is no longer in a coma.
The statement did not say where the seven-time F1 champion was taken or give any details of his condition.
Schumacher, 45, fell while skiing in France on December 29 and hit the right side of his head on a rock, cracking his helmet. Doctors operated to remove blood clots from his brain, but some were left because they were too deeply embedded.
Schumacher’s condition stabilized after he was placed in a drug-induced coma. In late January, doctors at a hospital in the French city of Grenoble began the process of withdrawing sedatives to try to wake him up.
He was said to be showing “moments of consciousness and awakening,” in April, the retired Formula One star’s manager said previously.
Schumacher earned acclaim for his uncommon and sometimes ruthless driving talent, which took him to a record 91 race wins. He retired from Formula One in 2012 after winning an unmatched seven world titles.
The accident happened on a family vacation in the Alps as Schumacher was skiing with his 14-year-old son. – ONE News
