Hospital not planning any more updates "for the time
being"
Michael Schumacher remains in a stable but critical
condition in hospital with Grenoble authorities urging the media to respect his
privacy after a series of inaccurate reports over his health.
The 45-year-old seven-times World Champion has been in an
induced coma in Grenoble University Hospital for eight days since suffering
severe head injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps.
Although an update on Schumacher's condition was not
expected over the weekend, his manager Sabine Kehm was forced to issue a
statement to the media on Saturday stressing that his condition remained
unchanged after quotes attributed to former F1 driver Philippe Strieff had
claimed that the German's life was no longer in danger.
Providing an additional written update on Monday, the
hospital confirmed Schumacher's condition continued to be "considered as
stable" but again stressed that he remained "critical".
The medical team in Grenoble also made clear that no
further updates on Schumacher would be delivered "for the time being"
and that when they were only reports from the hospital and the ex-driver's
management were valid.
"The privacy of the statement demands that we are
not going into details of his treatment, and this is why we do not plan any
press conferences, nor give out written press releases, anymore for the time
being," the statement added.
"We again insistently ask you to...stick to the
information given by the medical team in charge of the patient or his
management, as this is the only valid information."
French prosecutors investigating the skiing accident
confirmed on Monday that they will hold a press conference in the Alpine town
of Albertville on Wednesday at 10am (GMT) to provide an update into their
findings into the incident.
Culled from Skysports
