Swiss neurosurgeon Erich Riederer believes that Michael Schumacher will not return to his former life after an injury sustained in a fall on alpine skiing in 2013.
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“I believe Schumacher is in a vegetative state. Those. he is awake but unresponsive. He can sit and, probably, even take steps with the help of others, but nothing more. I think this is the maximum. Is there any chance that he someday will become the same? I don’t think so, ”Riederer said on the air of the RMC Story TV channel.
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According to the neurosurgeon, the consequences of the injury could have been less serious if the doctors at the hospital in Grenoble had started the operation immediately, and not two hours after Schumacher was admitted to the hospital.
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“Neurosurgeons always say“ time is the brain ”. This means that in case of injury, you must act immediately. When the operation is delayed, the medulla is destroyed, ”said Professor Riederer. – Perhaps the doctors did not want to risk it, because Schumacher is a celebrity. Have they waited too long? Probably yes”.
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