Since December 29, 2013, Michael Schumacher fans have been on the lookout for any good news. On this day, the greatest world champion of Formula 1 is victim of a terrible ski accident in Méribel (73), which causes a head trauma and a cerebral hemorrhage. After six months of coma, numerous neurosurgical operations and six years of intensive care, he still has not recovered. Since that tragedy, those around him have blocked information at the source and raised doubts about his state of health. In September 2019, The Parisian revealed that Michael Schumacher had been hospitalized in Paris for a new secret treatment. The seven-time world champion would have benefited from stem cell infusions "Disseminated in the body in order to obtain a systemic anti-inflammatory action".
A fragile champion against the virus
As the Italian medical journal revealed Contro Copertina, Wednesday June 10, 2020, Michael Schumacher was soon to be operated on by a French surgeon as part of this treatment. According to information from our colleagues, it is the professor and cardiologist of the Georges-Pompidou hospital, Philippe Menasché, who would be in charge of this intervention. “The goal is to regenerate Michael's nervous system”, explains Dr. Nicola Acciari to the Italian press. It was the same neurosurgeon who had made alarming revelations about the state of health of the man we nicknamed "Schumi" last January. But unfortunately for the Baron Rouge, we will have to wait.
The day after this announcement, Thursday June 11, 2020, The Guardian brings new information. The British daily claims that Covid-19 pandemic will delay surgery, originally planned for the coming days. No question for the Schumacher clan of putting the racing driver in danger: Severely weakened, former champion is a high-risk patient with coronavirus. It will therefore be necessary to wait until the health crisis is no more than a bad memory, so that Michael Schumacher can finally pass on the billiards.
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