Friday, January 22, 2021
After an artificial coma
Blatters "there is still a long way back"
The controversial former Fifa boss Sepp Blatter is slowly recovering after a week in an artificial coma. For his protection, unpleasant news is still kept away from the once most powerful official in the football world. And there is something the Swiss don't know yet.
Joseph Blatter was in an artificial coma for more than a week, but is no longer in the intensive care unit, according to his daughter. "He is making progress every day – small but continuous," Corinne Blatter Andenmatten told CH Media about the condition of the 84-year-old former president of the world football association Fifa. The fact that he was able to leave the intensive care unit is "a very important psychological sign. The doctors are satisfied with his condition. But the way back is still a long way."
Blatter tested positive for the coronavirus in November and appeared to have survived Covid-19 disease by the end of the year. However, after heart surgery in December, his condition worsened. Everything has become "more complicated and dangerous," said his daughter. Overall, Joseph Blatter was in an artificial coma for over a week and could no longer be approached.
Blatter Andenmatten said he did not know anything about a criminal complaint by Fifa against his former president about the financing of the World Association Museum in Zurich shortly before Christmas. "We keep these negative things away from him as long as possible." Blatter's lawyer had "vehemently" rejected the allegations. Her father will not attend an appointment at the Zurich justice of the peace because of another Fifa lawsuit in the coming week, said the daughter.
At the end of December 2015, Blatter was banned from all football activities by the Fifa ethics committee, and the ban runs for a total of six years. The Swiss BA has been conducting criminal proceedings against Blatter since September 2015 because of FIFA's million payments to Michel Platini, once President of the European Football Union. Blatter had always rejected the allegations.
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