Payen, head anaesthetician at the CHU hospital, neurosurgeon Chabardes, Penaud, hospital deputy general...
(L-R) Jean-Francois Payen, head anaesthetician at the CHU hospital, neurosurgeon Stephan Chabardes, Marc Penaud, hospital deputy general director, and Emmanuel Gay, head of neurosurgery, attend a news conference at the CHU Nord hospital emergency unit in Grenoble, French Alps, where retired seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is hospitalized after a ski accident, December 30, 2013. Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was battling for his life in hospital on Monday after a ski injury, doctors said, adding it was too early to say whether he would pull through. Schumacher was admitted to hospital on Sunday suffering head injuries in an off-piste skiing accident in the French Alps resort of Meribel. REUTERS/Robert Pratta (FRANCE - Tags: SPORT MOTORSPORT HEALTH)