Michael Schumacher 'may remain in COMA state for rest of his life

The seven-times world champion has been kept in a coma since his skiing crash 26 days ago

Doctors battling to save the life of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher have no plans to wake him from the coma, it was claimed today.

The seven-times world champion has been in an artificially-induced coma after he suffered brain injuries in a French Alps ski-ing crash 26-days ago.

Neurosurgeons at the hospital in Grenoble where the 45-year-old race ace is being treated have still not revealed any date when they may try to bring him out of the coma.

And some experts fear he may remain in a permanent vegetative state for the rest of his life.

Authoritative German news magazine Focus reported today: “Fears grow for Schumi - still no date for an awakening.”

Schumacher is still classed as critically ill following the December 29 accident when he smashed his skull against a rock as he skied off-piste.

Although doctors, Schumacher’s family and management have imposed a total news blackout, medical experts have said the prognosis for a recovery so long after being on life-support machines does not bode well.

- Mirror.co.uk

Injured Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher has been showing "small, encouraging signs" in his fight for recovery, his family says.

"We are and remain confident that Michael will pull through and will wake up," the relatives said in a statement.

Doctors in France have been working to bring the seven-time champion out of a medically induced coma.

The 45-year-old German suffered a severe head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps on 29 December.

He has been kept in a coma to help reduce the swelling in his brain
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