An helicopter stands outside the CHU Nord hospital in Grenoble, French Alps, where retired seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is hospitalised after a ski accident, on Dec 31, 2013. The medical condition of seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is slightly better following a second operation during the night to treat head injuries sustained in a skiing accident, doctors said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
GRENOBLE, FRANCE - The medical condition of seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is slightly better on Tuesday, following a second operation during the night to treat head injuries sustained in a skiing accident, doctors said.
"The situation is more under control than yesterday but we cannot say that he is out of danger," Jean-Francois Payen, head anaesthetician told a news conference at the CHU hospital in the eastern French city of Grenoble where Schumacher is being treated.
"We have won some time but we must continue an hour-by-hour surveillance."
Schumacher suffered head injuries on Sunday in a skiing accident in the French Alps. The German was subsequently put in a medically-induced coma, reported BBC Online.
Late on Monday night doctors carried out a new scan on Schumacher which showed "an improved situation" and indicated a window of opportunity for a second operation.
The family took the "difficult decision" to give consent for the operation, and doctors operated on Schumacher for about two hours.
A subsequent scan revealed a "slight improvement" in Schumacher's condition.
Reuters
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