Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal was discharged this Sunday and will continue to recover from the condition on an outpatient basis. accident suffered on January 24 on a highway near Bogotá while he was training and that it almost cost him his life, the doctors who treat him reported.
“We are pleased to report that today the patient has been discharged, to continue your rehabilitation process on an outpatient basis with our institution,” the Clínica Universidad de La Sabana reported in a statement, where the Ineos Grenadiers team runner underwent several surgeries after the accident.
The medical report explained that Bernal, current Giro d’Italia champion, is “in the third phase of the trauma, ready to start his rehabilitation process. He has no complications and all his injuries are stable and in the process of recovery.”
Last Thursday Bernal, also the 2019 Tour de France champion, said on social media that had “nearly 20 broken bones” in the accident in which he almost lost his life and assured that he underwent his “last major surgery and it seems that everything went well”.
injuries
The cyclist, who collided at high speed with a bus on the highway that goes from Bogotá to Tunja, near the municipality of Gachancipá, when the vehicle had stopped, listed his injuries: “11 Ribs. Femur. Patella. T5-T6. Odontoid. Metacarpal. One thumb. I knocked out a tooth. Perforation of both lungs.”
“I almost killed myself, but you know what? I am grateful to God for putting me through this test.“said the Colombian athlete, making gestures with his hands in a sling, and added: “now to recover and do this other thing… I’M BACK!! And let’s rock.”
Source: Eitb
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