“Please support us in our common fight with Michael,” Corinna
Schumacher said in a statement released to the media on Tuesday. “It is
important to me that you leave the doctors and the hospital so that they can
work in peace.
“I ask you to trust their statements and leave the clinic. Please leave
our family in peace.”
Schumacher suffered the head injury while on a family holiday and, despite
being conscious immediately after the accident, was quickly airlifted to
hospital where the full extent of his injuries became clear.
His manager, Sabine Kehm, said on Monday that his condition has not changed in
the past few days and any further treatment will be kept private.
“The clinical state of Michael Schumacher is considered as stable and is
being continually monitored by the medical treatment administered to him,”
Kehm said.
“However, the medical team in charge emphasize that they continue to
judge his condition critical.
“The patient’s privacy requires that we do not give out details of his
treatment and it is for this reason that we do not envisage any new press
conferences, nor to send out any written press releases, in the near future.”
Supporters gathered outside the hospital last Friday on the occasion of
Schumacher’s 45th birthday but it still remains unclear if the former
Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari and Mercedes driver will fully recover from the
injuries sustained.
Edited by Oliver Pickup