Comatose Schumacher treated for pneumonia

Michael Schumacher has contracted pneumonia while still in a coma in hospital following his ski accident, it emerged today. The 45-year-old retired Formula One star had the lung infection diagnosed last week and is being treated with antibiotics, according to Bild newspaper in Germany. Schumacher has not emerged from the coma induced by doctors after he smashed his head on a rock in a fall while skiing off-piste in the French Alps on December 29. Despite wearing a helmet, which broke in the accident, he suffered serious swelling of the brain and has had at least two operations to relieve the pressure. He was sedated to allow him time to recover. An infection as serious as pneumonia could explain why Schumacher has been left unconscious despite confirmation from his manager on January 30 that the waking-up process had begun.