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The web world was overwhelmed with a brief gust of euphoria as reports of seven-time Formula 1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher waking out of the artificially-induced coma hit the headlines. But the happiness was short-lived as it soon turned out that the reports of his recovery were wildly exaggerated.
Rubbishing the news, a BILD journalist Nicola Pohl tweeted: "Schumacher awake? Sorry, but those Rumors from Spain apparently not true. Kehm just texted me she hadn't confirmed anything to RTL.”
No one knows where the bogus report of his recovery first sprang up, although the Spanish version of the RT has been mostly quoted. No sooner the report hit the web, it went viral.
The last official news about Schumacher was released on 13 April, when his manager, Sabine Kehm said” "There are short moments of consciousness and he is showing small signs of progress. There are moments when he is awake and moments when he is conscious, which make us happy and give us great courage. Of course I am not a doctor, but medically, there is a distinction between being awake and being conscious, the latter meaning there is an ability to interact with his surroundings. I don't want to disclose details out of respect for the family, but we have no doubt at all in the abilities of the doctors treating Michael, they are experts in their field."
Kehm revealed that all interaction with the legendary racers was "on a very limited basis" and stressed on the fact that "a medical prognosis is not possible" due to the nature of his brain injury.
Schumacher had been lying in a medically induced coma in Grenoble, France, since his unfortunate ski accident on December 29 in the French resort of Meribel.
While Schumacher's family have been deeply touched by the deluge of tributes and support from fans , constant media speculation and fabricated reports of his treatment, particularly in German newspapers, has caused the family some anguish.
The 45-year-old Schumacher underwent two major surgeries before being placed into artificial coma. In January, his family announced that doctors were gradually trying to wake him up from his state of comatose. However, until now, there have been very little success on that part. Schumacher's family believe that the racing legend who has defied death more than once on the track would pull through this crisis as well in due course of time.
AW: Suchorita Choudhury
