Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has been in an artificially induced coma at the University Hospital in Grenoble since he fell and hit his head while skiing in French Alps on Sunday Dec. 29th.
Doctors say patients with such injuries
are placed in artificially induced coma to help the brain heal but such
measures normally last only a maximum of two weeks. Schumacher has been
in his coma for nearly a month and doctors fear he could remain in a
'permanent vegetative state' even if he wakes from his coma. This means
that if doctors do bring him out of his artificially induced coma he
would be unable to speak, move or feed himself. Too sad!!
The more he stays in the medically induced coma, the more hope dwindle for a full recovery.
Jean-Marc
Orgogozo, Professor of Neurology at the University of Bordeaux,said: 'Every day, every week in a coma the
chances decline that the situation is improving. A persistent vegetative state is one in
which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial
arousal rather than true awareness. God please help this man. Miracles still happen...
