The medical services of Riyadh hospital in which the Spanish pilot is admitted Carles Falcon They have postponed the emergency operation that was to repair the fracture in the C2 vertebra since “the current priority” is to reduce the cerebral edema, the 'TwinTrail Racing' team reported on Monday night.
Falcón remains in an induced coma in the intensive care unit and the doctors, who continue to perform the tests established by the protocol, confirmed this Monday the fracture of a total of five ribs, the left wrist and a clavicle after an accident in the Dakar Rally.
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The Catalan pilot was admitted to the Riyadh hospital early this Monday and has remained in the hospital since then. ICU, after this past Sunday he was revived after a fall in which he lost his pulse during the second stage of the Dakar 2024.
On Sunday afternoon, tests were performed at a hospital in Ad Duwadimi, which confirmed cerebral edema and the fracture of his C2 vertebra, in addition to the need to transfer him to a hospital in Riyadh.
The team stated that Falcón “is accompanied by his team Isaac, Aleix and Carla, very close friends who offer him the support and affection he needs at this time” and his family “is in constant contact to follow his evolution while waiting to travel to Saudi Arabia to be with him.”
Likewise, they thanked all the messages of support received and stressed that they will report back “when there is news.”
In the statement this past Sunday, the team explained that for the next few days Falcón will be kept sedated to monitor the evolution of the edema he has suffered in the head, while noting that his recovery prospects “are uncertain at this point.” .
The Catalan motorcyclist was subjected to medical tests at a hospital in the town of Ad Duwadimi and the director of the Dakar himself, David Casteracould not confirm if he no longer feared for his life, as he commented that “we have to wait a little longer” to learn more about his state of health.
Falcon, from the category Original by Motul, He fell at kilometer 448 of the special at 3:52 p.m. local time and, alerted by a pilot who was following the motorcyclist, the organizers sent a helicopter, whose medical service attended to the motorcyclist, who was seriously injured after falling with his head on the ground.
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