Egan Bernal has been discharged from hospital in Bogota two weeks after suffering a life-threatening crash while on an Ineos Grenadiers training camp in Colombia.
The Clínica Universidad de La Sabana in Bogota issued a statement confirming Bernal had been discharged today, Sunday, and adding he had no complications after his surgeries.
“At this time, the patient 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," the statement said.
“Due to the above, we are pleased to report that today the patient has been discharged, to continue his rehabilitation process on an outpatient basis with our institution, the premier rehabilitation clinic in Colombia, accredited since 2015 by the international entity, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
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“Today we give more meaning and strength to the words that we carry in our institution as a mission. With pride and hope we begin a new stage together with our athlete.”
Bernal previously said he had almost died in the crash and had beaten a 95 per cent of being paralysed. Last Thursday he listed his injuries as: 11 broken ribs; broken femur; broken ball joint (hip or shoulder); fractured T5-T6 (vertebrae in mid back); fractured odontoids (vertebrae where spine meets skull); broken metacarpal (finger bone closest to knuckle); broken thumb; lost tooth; perforation of both lungs.
The Giro d’Italia champion and 2019 Tour de France winner was on a training camp with his Ineos Grenadiers team mates when he hit the back of a bus which had pulled into the roadside on Monday, January 25th.
Bernal was on his TT bike alone just ahead of the training group and appears to have hit the bus with very significant force. He has undergone several surgeries, including a final operation on his spine last Thursday. He was then discharged from ICU and is now discharged from hospital.
