Born in 1969, Schumacher is the first driver in F1 history to win seven world championships. In his career, he has won 7 annual championships and 82 races, 136 podiums, and is the only driver to reach all podiums throughout the season.
After joining Ferrari in 2000, Schumacher won the first annual championship in 21 years for Ferrari. In the history of F1 racing, Schumacher can be said to be an out-and-out "car god".
In addition to his impressive record on the field, Schumacher was a philanthropic man in life, participating in many charity events and generously donating money. In 1995, Schumacher and his wife Corinne donated all of their 120,000 wedding gifts to UNESCO.
In 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami, Schumacher, who earned $65 million a year, donated 10 million yuan for post-disaster reconstruction. In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Schumacher donated 100 million US dollars, and the donation was as high as 500 million US dollars worldwide.
Of course, Schumacher's charitable donations are more than these, and these actions are enough to show that Schumacher has not only achieved the top level in the professional field, but also his character is equally admirable.
Suddenly, there was an accident
In 2012, Schumacher officially announced his retirement again. After retiring, Schumacher spent most of his time with his family, but the quiet days did not last long.
In 2013, Schumacher had an accident with his son, Mick Schumacher, while skiing at the Merry Ski Resort in the Alps, and his head hit a rock, in a dangerous situation.
After treatment, Schumacher's life was saved, but he also fell into a coma due to six months of drug treatment, completely unconscious, and had to rely on a ventilator to maintain his life.
Medical experts believe that the likelihood of Schumacher being sober is extremely low. Neurologist Dr. Erich Ridreer said that due to the prolonged period of coma, Schumacher experienced severe skeletal muscle degeneration, and his height shrank from 1.74 meters to 1.6 meters.
High treatment costs
The sudden bad news made the entire racing industry feel sorry, family, friends and many fans who loved him, have silently accepted the proposal of "euthanasia", and many netizens also think that instead of letting Schumacher lie unconsciously in the hospital, it is better to end his pain.
However, Schumacher's wife, Corinne, firmly disagreed, and in the years that followed Schumacher's coma, Corinne sold the family's villa, private plane and sports car, and hired the most professional medical team and caregiver for Schumacher.
According to incomplete statistics, Schumacher's cost of nursing care alone is as high as hundreds of thousands of euros a month, and the cost of treatment in five years has already reached hundreds of millions. Even if the chance of waking up is very slim, Corinne is still unwilling to give up the slightest hope, and Corinne's inseparable affection is very touching.
At Corinne's insistence, Schumacher miraculously woke up after five years of accidental coma, and although he still could not communicate with people verbally, he could already leave the ventilator.
After Schumacher woke up, his wife Corinne secretly sent him to the European Hospital Pompidou in Paris, the best brain hospital in the world, in 2019, and after two stem cell treatments, Schumacher gradually regained consciousness.
But for the Schumacher family, restoring consciousness is only the first step in rehabilitation, and the follow-up still needs a lot of treatment costs as a support.
Germany's Bunte magazine reported that his wife, Corinne, sold their mansion on Lake Geneva in Switzerland for 450 million yuan to further support Schumacher's subsequent rehabilitation.
Regarding Schumacher's current situation, a nurse working in the hospital revealed: "He is my patient, I can assure you that he is currently awake", which shows that in this six-year-long "war" with coma, Corinne and Schumacher won, but the price paid was up to 1.8 billion yuan in treatment costs.
Looking forward to the day when Schumacher can recover his health and personally sit on the sidelines to witness his son win the F1 championship and inherit his mantle.
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