Michael Schumacher Health Condition News Update: Round The Clock Care Cost Puts Huge Dent On Family's Fortune
It's been almost two years since the horrific skiing accident at the French Alpine resort of Meribel took place. The tragedy, however, still continues to plague Michael Schumacher and his immediate family financially.
Although reports have said that the F1 racer has already been showing rehabilitation improvements over the past few months, it is said that the care costs have already blown up to $15 million (£10 million).
Reports say that his expensive care costs have already affected his reported $800 million family fortune. As detailed by Mirror UK, Mr. Schumacher's special and round the clock care would cost the family around $154,000 per week.
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These expenses are on top of the many properties that the family has to give up to meet the staggering rehabilitation costs.
Earlier this year, it has been reported that Corinna, Schumacher's ever-supportive wife, had to sell their family jet costing around $25 million as well as their $3 million private holiday home at Oslo, Norway. The funds are said to have been used to build the state-of-the-art medical suite at the legendary racer's Swiss estate on the shore of Lake Geneva. The said facility is reportedly manned by a team consisting of 15 specialists including doctors, nurses, and therapists.
Meanwhile, the Schumacher clan has been hard at work to keep the prodding press at bay while dropping only a handful of details about the 46-year-old's current condition.
However, information leaked from those claiming to have knowledge of the issue indicates the drastic weight loss of the racer as he remains in a coma.
Mirror then cited Professor Curt Diehm of the Karlsbad teaching hospital in Germany saying that although weight loss is a common occurrence among coma patients, "20 kilos is a lot for people with normal body weights."
"One must assume that his muscles have degraded greatly due to the immobility," the medical professional went on to explain (via Mirror).
