‘Schumacher will need years to recover’

Published October 24, 2014
German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher. — File photo/AFP
German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher. — File photo/AFP

PARIS: A French doctor treating stricken former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher said on Thursday that the German ace was making progress, but will need years to recover.

Jean-Francois Payen also praised Schumacher’s wife Corinna for the devotion she has shown to the racing driver since his devastating ski accident in December, in which he suffered life-threatening brain injuries.

“I have noticed some progress but I would say we will have to give him time,” Payen, who treated Schumacher at the Grenoble hospital where Schumacher was taken after the accident, told RTL radio.

“It is like for other patients. We are in a time scale of one to three years, so you need patience.”

After being in a coma for six months, Schumacher is now at his home at Gland in Switzerland and Payen said he still sees the 45-year-old at a hospital in Lausanne and at his home.

“It is to see how he progresses and then tell his wife and his children what changes I have observed,” the doctor said.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2014

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