If the press release does not reveal the state of health of Michael Schummacher, nor the place of his rehabilitation, a spokesperson for the Center hospitalier universitaire de Vaud (CHUV) located in Lausanne, Darcy Christen confirmed to AFP, the transfer in his establishment of the former champion.
“Mr. Schumacher was taken care of by the CHUV this morning. His family is with him, in a space specially equipped to preserve their privacy and to ensure the best possible care,” he said. “As with any patient, we want to ensure respect for medical confidentiality and the private sphere of his family,” he added.
Following his skiing accident, the pilot suffered from severe brain damage and had been in an induced coma. Since January 30, the doctors had put it “in phase of awakening”, a long and complicated process which consists in gradually reducing the administered sedatives.
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No medical information was transmitted by the press release and neither the Grenoble University Hospital nor the family will hold a press conference.
On April 13 Sabine Kehm judged during a television interview “impossible to make the slightest prognosis, because even doctors do not. In this kind of brain injuries, each case is a case apart “.
She recalls that the entourage of Michael Schumacher asks “everyone to kindly, in the future, respect the fact that this long phase of rehabilitation will only take place in a private setting”, and that “his family wishes to expressly thank them. doctors, the nursing teams and the administration of the Grenoble hospital as well as the first aid workers who intervened at the scene of the accident. All of them did a wonderful job during these first months. sent their best wishes for recovery to Michael. These have certainly helped him. “
