Formula One legend leaves hospital
• Schumacher no longer in a coma
• Will continue 'long phase of rehabilitation'
• Skiing accident happened in December 2013
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16.00 We are going to close this live blog now. Thanks for joining us. Just to summarise what we know about Michael Schumacher's condition: he is out of his coma; the seven-time world champion is "communicating" with his wife and children; and he has been moved from Grenoble to University Hospital of Lausanne. Also, as his manager has said, "further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye". Good luck Schumi.
15.40 And, like Dr Bavikatte, Tipu Aziz, professor of neurosurgery at the University of Oxford, struck a similarly cautionary tone.
He said the fact the star was no longer in a coma suggests he is "better than he was" but added: "A full recovery is extremely unlikely.
"The fact he was in a coma for so long ... we can assume that he has had quite a bad injury. People don't tend to make a full recovery from that sort of injury."
15.25 Dr Ganesh Bavikatte, a consultant and clinical lead in neuro-rehabilitation medicine at The Walton Centre in Liverpool, has warned that the road to recovery for Schumacher will be a long one, make no mistake.
In his article for Telegraph Sport he writes the following:
We are not talking about recovery in days and weeks, but months and years. But there are hopeful signs. He is physically fit, he is relatively young and I assume that he did not have many pre-existing medical conditions.
We are not talking about recovery in days and weeks, but months and years. But there are hopeful signs. He is physically fit, he is relatively young and I assume that he did not have many pre-existing medical conditions.Psychologically, people who are very driven and who are focused on achievement often do better in physiotherapy. I always say there are two stages to recovery after severe traumatic brain injury. The first is saving life and the second is achieving quality of life.
This will be a difficult task and it could be made more difficult by the fact he is a high achiever who will have high ambition and set himself high targets.
The major thing is that this is a long drawn process and support is needed not just for him but for his family as well. It's an uncertain journey ahead.
15.15 More on that story about Germany wanting to win the World Cup for Michael Schumacher: read more here.
14.15 Below is the University Hospital of the Canton of Vaud (CHUV), in Lausanne, pictured on Monday. It is understood that this is where Michael Schumacher has been moved to.
The facility is about 20 miles from the home of the seven-time F1 champion. He lives in a mansion worth £50 million on the shores of Lake Geneva with his devoted wife Corinna and their teenage children Mick and Gina Marie.
It is not known whether Schumacher is breathing spontaneously but it is believed that he will continue to be fed intravenously for some time to come. No detailed information was given on his condition or the form of his on-going treatment.
13.55 Nice touch from Lucas Podolski again, as the German forward has revealed that they are trying to win the World Cup for him. He told Bild: "Michael Schumacher is as crazy about football as we all are.
"Unfortunately he is not doing so well ... the team and I continue to wish his family strength," said the Arsenal attacker. "We hope he will be back on his feet soon and eventually he will be able to see one of our matches.
"If we win the World Cup then it is something which could give him some joy."
13.41 It is now 170 days since Schumacher hit his head while skiing in Meribel. And now reports in Germany have suggested that he can communicate with wife Corinna, 45, 17-year-old daughter Gina Marie and son Mick, 14.
The German is believed to have lost a quarter of his body weight since the accident and has had his muscles and joints massaged daily since he was placed in intensive care following being airlifted from the crash site.
13.30 And here is a picture from January 3, which was the German driver's 45th birthday. All the messages of support helped, Schumi's manager, Sabine Kehm, stated this morning.
13.25 Fernando Alonso, who battled with Schumi on the track for many years, had this to tweet at the news:
13.15 So what do we know? Michael Schumacher is out of his coma; the seven-time world champion is communicating with his wife and children; and he has been moved from Grenoble to University Hospital of Lausanne. Also, as his manager has said, "further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye".
More tributes have been pouring in, with most noting the irony that the football-mad F1 legend has woken up in time for Germany's Group G opener on Monday night, against Portugal.
13.05 Hello, I'm Oliver Pickup, and I'm now taking over from Barney in the live blog hot seat.
12.55 Germany and Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski tweets:
12.52 University Hospital of Lausanne spokesman, Darcy Christenquoted as saying to Swiss news agency SDA:
The family are in a separate part of the hopsital where their privacy can be best protected and where Schumacher can obtain the highjest level of care.
12.48 Gary Hartstein, the former F1 doctor, writes:
I cannot but think that if Michael had emerged AT ALL from the minimally conscious state that Sabine so accurately described in April, we'd be told that Michael is leaving for rehab, that he is having problems expressing himself and will work hard to get better. Or that he's having to learn to walk,read, write, etc all over again. But no, we're told what we already know, and pretty much told to not ever expect further updates. Kinda like what I was thinking.
This all leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. And a huge space of sadness for Michael's family, and for you, his fans.
12.40 Germany's Spiegel newspaper reports a special room has been set up at the University Hospital of Lausanne to provide Schumacher with the treatment he requires.
12.27 Jake Humphrey tweets:
12.17 Spokesman at University Hospital of Lausanne has confirmed that Schumacher has been admitted.
"He is here, he arrived this morning," Darcy Christen, spokesman for the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), told Reuters.
Christen declined to say what unit Schumacher, who lives with his family in a town between Lausanne and Geneva, he was being treated in, citing medical secrecy and family privacy.
12.07 Daniel Johnson, The Telegraph's F1 Correspondent, reports:
Michael Schumacher's last team in Formula One, Mercedes, led the chorus of positive messages for the seven-time champion on Monday after his family confirmed he is no longer in a coma and has left intensive care.
The German F1 legend returned to the sport with Mercedes in 2010, before retiring for a second time at the end of 2012.
11.46 Tony Paterson in Berlin has this on Schumacher's current whereabouts:
Bild Zeitung [the German newspaper] reports that there are "rumours" that Schumacher has been transferred to a rehabilitation clinic in Switzerland. However Sabine Kehm, his manager has stated expressly that no information about the injured driver's wherabouts will be made public.
11.37 Michael Schumacher has been moved to a hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, after coming out of his coma, according to an unnamed official cited by AFP.
11.26 Schumacher had been in a medically induced coma in Grenoble, France, since being badly injured in a ski accident on December 29 in the French resort of Meribel with his son and friends. The 45-year-old struck his head on a rock while skiing off-piste.
Michael Schumacher on a skiing trip with his wife Corinna
Michael Schumacher on a skiing trip with his wife Corinna11.22 Tony Paterson reports from Berlin:
Germany's Bild Zeitung reports that Schumacher opens his eyes during "waking phases". He can communicate with those around him, especially with his wife, Corinna and their children.
The paper says he no longer needs the help of Grenoble university hopsital doctors and that he is to be moved to a rehabiltation clinic.
11.11 Schumacher's manager, Sabine Kehm, said in the statement:
Michael has left the CHU Grenoble to continue his long phase of rehabilitation. He is not in a coma anymore.
His family would like to explicitly thank all his treating doctors, nurses and therapists in Grenoble as well as the first aiders at the place of the accident, who did an excellent job in those first months.
The family also wishes to thank all the people who have sent Michael all the many good wishes to Michael. We are sure it helped him.
For the future we ask for understanding that his further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye.
11.10 Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the news that Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has left the French hospital where he was being treated since a skiing accident in December 2013.
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