Beiruting News

Three months after his catastrophic skiing accident, Michael Schumacher remains in a coma at Grenoble University Hospital in France. The news is assuredly not good, as explained by Dr. Gary Hartstein, former medical delegate for Formula One and one of the best sources of expert (but unofficial) information on the German's status.

At this point, Schumacher has spent his time in the Intensive Care Unit at GUH. However, as Hartstein explains, at some point soon, it's likely that another patient will have a higher need of the room Schumacher has been occupying, both because their injuries may be more severe, but more likely, because they have a better chance at recovering. It's simple triage, as Harstein explains.

"I worried more than a bit about what was going to happen when and if really bad news got announced," Harstein wrote, "I've realized that perhaps the lack of status updates has given us all a chance to move on a bit, to process what's happening, and to start to... detach."

Schumacher's condition has remained unchanged since recovering from pneumonia. Schumacher was originally injured in a December 29 skiing accident that very nearly cost the German driver his life. It was announced nearly just over two months ago that Schumacher would begin the "waking up process," from the coma he's been in since the accident. So far, that process has proved unsuccessful. Of course, should we hear anything more on Schumacher's case, we'll be sure to update you.