Grenoble Hospital

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, has been admitted to hospital in the southeastern French town of Grenoble, a French government source told AFP on Friday.

Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was conscious and had his eyes open during his top-secret transfer from a French hospital to a facility in Switzerland.

Nearly six months after sustaining serious head injuries in a skiing accident, seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher left a French hospital on Monday and was transferred to neighbouring Switzerland to continue his recovery.

Michael Schumacher, former F1 champion, recovered from coma and was discharged from his hospital in Grenoble on Monday (June 16). The German legend battled life-threatening head injuries since suffering an unfortunate skiing accident on December 29, last year.

In a surprise announcement, Michael Schumacher's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm said he had left hospital in the French Alpine city of Grenoble, where he had been treated since December when he slammed his head on a rock while skiing with his son and friends.

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is out of coma and has left Grenoble hospital, a spokeswoman of the hospital said on Monday.

Michael Schumacher had contracted pneumonia last week but he has now overcome the disease and it no longer spells an acute danger. Schumacher has been in intensive care in Grenoble University Hospital since his December 29 accident in the Alpine resort.

In January, doctors at Grenoble hospital have started the process of gradually waking Schumacher by lowering the dosage of the drugs that have kept the retired seven-time Formula One champion in a coma since he suffered a severe head injury in a skiing accident on December 29 at Meribel ski resort in the French Alps.

The doctors treating Michael Schumacher in the hospital in the French city of Grenoble two weeks ago said they were trying to coax him out of the coma by reducing his sedation.

After the social media was rife with the rumours of Michael Schumacher's death, Grenoble hospital, where he has been since his ski accident in December, were forced to issue a statement to refute such claims.

French prosecutors will brief journalists on Wednesday on their investigation into Michael Schumacher's life-threatening skiing accident.

Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in Formula One history, arrived at the Grenoble hospital on Sunday, already in a coma, and immediately underwent brain surgery.

Michael Schumacher, who turns 45 on Friday, remains in critical condition after neurosurgical surgery at a Grenoble hospital, following his skiing accident Sunday when he fell and hit a rock.

"If someone had had this type of accident without a helmet, they would definitely not be here," one of the doctors treating Michael Schumacher at the hospital in the southeastern city of Grenoble told reporters.

Doctors at the hospital in the southeastern city of Grenoble where Michael Schumacher is being treated added it was still too early to make a prognosis on the famous patient.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, has been admitted to hospital in the southeastern French town of Grenoble, a French government source told AFP on Friday.

Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was conscious and had his eyes open during his top-secret transfer from a French hospital to a facility in Switzerland.

Nearly six months after sustaining serious head injuries in a skiing accident, seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher left a French hospital on Monday and was transferred to neighbouring Switzerland to continue his recovery.

Michael Schumacher, former F1 champion, recovered from coma and was discharged from his hospital in Grenoble on Monday (June 16). The German legend battled life-threatening head injuries since suffering an unfortunate skiing accident on December 29, last year.

In a surprise announcement, Michael Schumacher's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm said he had left hospital in the French Alpine city of Grenoble, where he had been treated since December when he slammed his head on a rock while skiing with his son and friends.

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is out of coma and has left Grenoble hospital, a spokeswoman of the hospital said on Monday.

Michael Schumacher had contracted pneumonia last week but he has now overcome the disease and it no longer spells an acute danger. Schumacher has been in intensive care in Grenoble University Hospital since his December 29 accident in the Alpine resort.

In January, doctors at Grenoble hospital have started the process of gradually waking Schumacher by lowering the dosage of the drugs that have kept the retired seven-time Formula One champion in a coma since he suffered a severe head injury in a skiing accident on December 29 at Meribel ski resort in the French Alps.

The doctors treating Michael Schumacher in the hospital in the French city of Grenoble two weeks ago said they were trying to coax him out of the coma by reducing his sedation.

After the social media was rife with the rumours of Michael Schumacher's death, Grenoble hospital, where he has been since his ski accident in December, were forced to issue a statement to refute such claims.

French prosecutors will brief journalists on Wednesday on their investigation into Michael Schumacher's life-threatening skiing accident.

Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in Formula One history, arrived at the Grenoble hospital on Sunday, already in a coma, and immediately underwent brain surgery.

Michael Schumacher, who turns 45 on Friday, remains in critical condition after neurosurgical surgery at a Grenoble hospital, following his skiing accident Sunday when he fell and hit a rock.

"If someone had had this type of accident without a helmet, they would definitely not be here," one of the doctors treating Michael Schumacher at the hospital in the southeastern city of Grenoble told reporters.

Doctors at the hospital in the southeastern city of Grenoble where Michael Schumacher is being treated added it was still too early to make a prognosis on the famous patient.