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Shumi paralysed, says friend

───   10:52 Thu, 20 Nov 2014

Shumi paralysed, says friend | News Article

Michael Schumacher is allegedly paralysed and still has difficulty with his speech and memory almost a year after a freak skiing accident, a good friend and former Formula One driver says.

Philippe Streiff, a Frenchman, was seriously injured in pre-season testing for a race in Brazil in 1989, leaving him a quadriplegic and confined to a wheelchair ever since.
 
"It's very difficult. He can't speak. Like me, he is in a wheelchair, paralysed. He has memory problems and speech problems," Streiff is reported to have told French radio.
 
According to Stuff.co.nz Schumacher's family have released very little information to the media about the former world champion's accident.
 
What is known is that the accident happened on December 29, 2013, with doctors performing head surgery later that day and again on December 31 to relieve pressure on Schumacher's brain. He was then placed in an induced coma for almost six months.
 
In June, Schumacher left intensive care at Grenoble Hospital in France and was transferred to Lausanne Hospital in Switzerland for rehabilitation.
 
He is now being cared for at his home on the shores of Lake Geneva by his wife and private medical staff.
 
Schumacher's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm would not confirm or deny Streiff's comments, saying only that "he did not have contact with us" and that the comments were "his opinions".
Source: Stuff.co.zn 

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