Doctors call for Pessotto caution Thursday 29 June, 2006
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Doctors treating Juventus team manager Gianluca Pessotto have admitted that they are unsure whether he will live following his horror fall.
There was widespread optimism throughout large sections of the media that the former player would recover from his serious injuries, but medics at the Molinette hospital are reaming cautious.
“We can’t say that he will get through this,” doctor Pierpaolo Donadio told reporters on Thursday morning. “Even if there hasn’t been any worsening in his condition since yesterday.
“Saying that he’s not in danger at this time is absurd because there could be a thousand complications.
“We can’t really make any prognosis for some time to come. We have to wait for at least 72 hours before we can start to evaluate some important factors.
“The fact that he is young and was an athlete certainly helps him, but the seriousness of the fall remains. Pessotto fell at a speed of 60km an hour.”
The 35-year-old suffered serious injuries when he fell from a window at Juventus’ club headquarters on Tuesday morning.
The recently appointed new team manager plunged from a height of around 15 metres on to two parked cars, sustaining multiple fractures amongst other injuries.
The 22-time capped Italian international was found with a rosary in his hands and police are investigating the possibility of a suicide attempt.
Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluca Zambrotta and Ciro Ferrara all flew in for a quick visit on Tuesday night from Italy’s World Cup training base.
Former colleague Antonio Chimenti, who joined Cagliari in January, arrived at the hospital to offer his support this morning.