Alex Zanardi will gradually be released from an artificial coma

The hospital of Siena, where is hospitalized in intensive care Alex Zanardi after his serious accident during a handbike event on June 19, indicated this Thursday that the 51-year-old pilot was going to gradually come out of the artificial coma into which the medical team plunged him.

“Following the reduction in sedation, it will take a few days for further evaluations of the patient by the multidisciplinary team caring for the athlete, in order to allow any continuation of his therapeutic and rehabilitation course,” the doctors specify.

Currently, the cardio-respiratory and metabolic parameters remain stable, the neurological picture remains serious and the prognosis remains guarded. Further information on Alex Zanardi's health conditions will be released next week in agreement with the family. »

In addition to treatment for the brain in the immediate aftermath of his accident, the double CART champion had recently been operated on by maxillofacial surgeons for facial reconstruction.

The whole AUTO teamhebdo reiterates his wishes for recovery to Alessandro Zanardi.