Egan Bernal leaves intensive care and moves to regular hospital ward as recovery from horrific crash continues
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Published 05/02/2022 at 12:25 GMT
The Clinica Universidad de La Sabana has revealed that Egan Bernal has left intensive care and will move to a regular hospital ward as his recovery from a horrific crash in his native Colombia continues. The 25-year-old crashed into a parked bus while time-trial riding last week, suffering a long list of injuries, including damage to the thoracic and cervical sections of his spine.
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Egan Bernal will leave intensive care and move to a regular hospital ward as he recovers from a horrific accident that left him requiring seven major surgeries.
Bernal crashed into a parked bus while time-trial riding in his native Colombia last week, suffering a long list of injuries, including damage to the thoracic and cervical sections of his spine.
The 25-year-old took to social media earlier this week to provide an update on his condition: "I almost killed myself, but do you know what? I am grateful to God for putting me through this test.
"This is the toughest race, but I have had a group of excellent people around me.
"Yesterday I had my last major surgery and everything seems to have gone well.
"So now to recovery and to doing it again. I'm back!! And let's rock."
The Clinica Universidad de La Sabana has now revealed that Bernal - the reigning Giro d'Italia champion and 2019 Tour de France winner - will leave intensive care in its latest medical update, adding that he has not suffered any complications after three different surgeries.
"In light of his improvement and his constant evolution, Egan can leave the ICU," the update said.
“The response to pain management improved and there were no complications. We remain focused on his treatment and condition.”
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