A neurosurgeon has shed light on the F1 icon Michael Schumacher’s rumoured appearance at his daughter’s wedding. Fans of the German F1 driver were left hopeful after rumours that Schumacher could make an appearance at his daughter Gina-Marie’s wedding at the family’s luxury Majorca villa in late September. Schumacher’s family have been protective over his privacy after a skiing accident in 2013 left him with a life-changing brain injury.
He has been living out of sight since and with contact with only three close family members and a team of medics. Guests at Gina-Marie and Ian Bethke’s wedding were required to leave their phones at the door, a potential sign that Schumacher could be attending. However, now a leading neurosurgeon has shed light on how likely this would have been given Schumacher’s condition.
Jussi Posti, the head of neurosurgery and traumatic brain injury at Turku University Hospital in Finland, claimed that Michael has spent his time ‘largely bedridden’ since he has a ‘private hospital built around him’ at home. He told Finnish daily Iltalehti : ‘Based on the information available, I don’t think he has had an active life. Everything points to him being unwell.
‘As bedridden patients, many people become so frail and stiff that lifting moving them from the bed after years is no longer possible.’ The surgeon said a visit by the F1 icon isn’t entirely impossible after years as a bedridden patient, but he would have ‘lost a signi.
