Fausto Gresini 'sedated but conscious', pneumonia still present
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Get MotoGP news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Fausto Gresini remains on a mechanical ventilator in the intensive care unit of a Bologna hospital as he battles ‘severe respiratory insufficiency’ caused by Covid 19.The MotoGP team owner – first admitted to hospital in Imola on December 27, before being moved to a specialist Covid ward in Bologna on December 30 – is no longer in a pharmacological coma and, while sedated, is ‘quite conscious’.But ‘interstitial pneumonia’ is still present and the 59-year-old Italian continues to require the mechanical ventilator in order to generate the required amount of oxygen in his blood.“Fausto Gresini’s general health conditions are still characterised by severe respiratory insufficiency,” said Dr Nicola Cilloni of the Alberto Pizzardi Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit in Bologna.”Tests performed revealed that interstitial pneumonia is still present and requires mechanical ventilation and moderate sedation to be maintained. This allows to keep the amount of oxygen in the blood sufficient.”Gresini, a double world champion as a rider and then three more times as a team boss, currently oversees entries in all three motorcycle grand prix classes as well as the MotoE World Cup.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); CONFIRMED: Davide Brivio leaves Suzuki MotoGP ahead of F1 switchaccImages.createImage(); Livio Suppo: Sometimes I miss MotoGP… If Suzuki call me, I will listenHis MotoGP team recently became the first Independent outfit to confirm its place on the 2022 grid, courtesy of a new five-year deal with IRTA, when the team will also end its role as Aprilia’s factory team and return to satellite status using to-be-announced machinery. Provisional 2021 MotoGP CalendarRelated ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Suzuki: Davide Brivio’s MotoGP departure ‘shocking news’accImages.createImage(); Bagnaia: Biggest problem was heating the front tyreRoundDateRace”4Circuit128 March”5QatarLosail2″611 AprilArgentinaTermas de Rio Hondo”7318 AprilAmericas”8COTA42 May”9SpainJerez5″1016 MayFranceLe Mans630 MayItalyMugello76 JuneCatalunyaBarcelona820 JuneNetherlandsAssen927 JuneGermanySachsenring1011 JulyFinland*KymiRing11 To Be Decided 1215 AugustAustriaRed Bull Ring1329 AugustGreat BritainSilverstone1412 SeptemberAragonAragon1519 SeptemberSan Marino e Della Riviera di RiminiMisano163 OctoberJapanMotegi1710 OctoberThailandBuriram1824 OctoberAustraliaPhillip Island1931 OctoberMalaysiaSepang2014 NovemberComunitat ValencianaRicardo Tormo
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