BERLIN — Michael Schumacher may recover within three years, the French doctor who has been treating the Formula One driver said Thursday.
In his first public comments since the accident, Dr. Jean-Francois Payen confirmed that Schumacher was out of a coma and had made “some progress,” but said the driver faced a long road to recovery.
“I have seen some progress but I would say give him time. It’s like other patients, we are in a timescale that ranges from one year to three years, so it takes patience,” Dr Payen said.
Dr. Payen, the head of Anaesthesiology at Grenoble University Hospital where Schumacher was taken after his accident in December, spoke about his patient in two interviews, with Le Parisien newspaper and RTL radio.
