Doctors trying to bring Schumacher out of coma | Inquirer Sports

Doctors trying to bring Schumacher out of coma

/ 08:48 PM January 30, 2014

Mercedes’ German driver Michael Schumacher drives at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit on September 7, 2012 in Monza during the first practice session ahead of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. AFP FILE PHOTO

FRANKFURT, Germany—Michael Schumacher’s manager says doctors have started the process of bringing the former Formula One champion out of the coma he has been in since a skiing accident a month ago.

The German was skiing in the French Alpine resort of Meribel on Dec. 29 when he fell and hit the right side of his head on a rock.

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Since then he has been in an induced comas in Grenoble University Hospital.

His manager Sabine Kehm said in a statement Thursday that “Michael’s sedation is being reduced in order to allow the start of the waking up process which may take long time.”

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