The Colombian soccer team, led by Radamel Falcao, wished cyclist Egan Bernal “a speedy recovery” after the serious accident he suffered last Monday on a highway near Bogotá.
“We send you greetings from the Colombian national team. All our prayers for you at this time”, said Falcao, current Rayo Vallecano player, in a video published on social networks in which he appears accompanied by the rest of his teammates.
The “Tiger” assured that they want to see him soon “in the streets of the world” representing his country “as always” he has done.
While training in the morning hours last Monday 24 in January, Bernal hit the back of a passenger bus. Several videos and photos went viral on social networks where the cyclist can be seen lying on the pavement behind the bus, who also suffered a strong dent in his rear, which evidenced the force of the crash.
The specialist doctors who operated on him urgently at the Clínica Universidad La Sábana intervened on his spinal column , specifically the T5 vertebrae to the T6 vertebra with a traumatic disc herniation.” Due to this type of injury, a person can be paralyzed.
In the intervention they also managed to preserve neurological integrity of Bernal and did not lose the functionality of the affected area.
“At this moment Egan is already awake and is being treated in the intensive care unit where they will take care of how he responds his body to the surgeries and different interventions to which he has been subjected,” Team Egan Bernal said in a statement.
The world of sports and Colombians in general have raised their votes for the recovery of Bernal, who was preparing for the European season on the roads of his country together with Ineos colleagues such as Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, Costa Rican Andrey Amador or his compatriot Daniel Felipe Martínez.
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