Michael Schumacher hurt skiing

[perplexed]

I haven't a near-death experience to mention.

Well, I drove past Oldham once...

 

[perplexed]

Doesn't sound brilliant for Schumacher. He's still in a coma and he has a lung infection.

It's a shame. It can be the 'secondary' issues which present much of the danger in these circumstances I guess.

 

[Sara_H]

This has gone a bit off topic.

As someone who's worked as a nurse in the NHS all my working life and done agency shifts in private hospital, I personally would be very reluctant to have anything other than a very basic procedures in a private hospital.

The private hospitals I've worked in have had fabulous hotel services, but the care offered can leave a lot to be desired. I refused to work in one estblishment again after seeing the inside of the resus trolley. There was nowt in there!

 

[Stephenite]

Wishing Schumaker all the best.

Off topic - my experience of private and state health treatment in Norway is much the same as the recent posters here. The company i work for offers private health insurance which i've used. And, of course, i've been a 'customer' of the state when things really go wrong.

Private health treatment is queue-jumping.

 

[asterix]

Doesn't sound brilliant for Schumacher. He's still in a coma and he has a lung infection.

People are often kept comatose partly because infection is less likely in such a state. Elsewhere on the net, within the last day or two, were reports he'd died and others denying that he had.

 

[Harry_Palmer79]

Somewhat more promising news from his agent this morning... Still early days obviously, but hopefully there will be more positive developments for him and his family in the next few weeks/months.

 

[Leedsbusdriver]

One could argue that if it wasn't Michael Schumacher would the life support still be on? Is that what you are getting at @User

 

[Archie_tect]

Friend was knocked down by a bus and was on life support for 6 months until she could breathe unaided that was over four years ago... but she has no cognitive brain function at all and she doesn't respond to stimuli or pain[hopefully]. It's a terrible state with no prospect of any recovery of any sort- there's no-one 'there' at all.

 

[hoopdriver]

Rather optimistic, me thinks

 

[Archie_tect]

Let's hope so for his family's sake as well as him.

 

[hoopdriver]

I doubt anyone is ever going to hear much about his progress or lack of same, officially at least.

 

[vernon]

The silence regarding Schumache's recovery isn't encouraging. A chap that I know, John Radford, a stalwart of the Audax Community sustained severe head injuries at the beginning of August last year. His recovery, or rather, the lack of it is contained in this thread from YACF https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=74520.0

 

[hoopdriver]

Nothing about the Schumacher story is very encouraging. Brain injuries are devastating. My mother had an aneurism burst in her brain and while in her case the surgery was a 'success' and she regained consciousness and mobility, more or less, for the three years she had left, she was hardly the same person and had to be in a secure ward. Not nice at all. Learned a bit about brain injuries and rehabilitation during that time and none of it sounded very upbeat.

 

[accountantpete]

Two years on and its still not looking good.

I'm surprised the Schumacher's family haven't officially spoken and explained the situation - it can't hurt them to issue a brief statement.

 

[Brandane]

I'm surprised the Schumacher's family haven't officially spoken and explained the situation - it can't hurt them to issue a brief statement.

Maybe they just don't want the general public to know the situation, for whatever reason. It's nobody's business but theirs, and I respect them for not allowing it to become a public circus, as happens with far too many "celebrities".