Weekly maintenance cost for Michael's treatment is roughly $140,000 weekly, which is to pay for team of 15 medical professionals who are watching over him through out the whole day. Dr. Jean-Francois Payen is leading them, and he is also the one who did Schumacher's brain operation.
The team consists of of nutritionists, physiotherapists and doctors along with medication.
Even with his huge amout of weekly medical bills the reason he can sustain his expense are due to his high net worth that he has accumulated in the past when he was healthy. Michael Schumacher has a net worth of $800 million and he is married to Corrina, 46, in 1995, has stood by her husband throughout the his treatment.
Even in when he is not racing, Schumacher was easily earning $50 million per year from endorsements and advertisement. At the peak of his career, he was paid $10 million per year by Shell to wear a hat with the company's logo for all public appearances. His career spanned from 1991 to 2006 with Jordan Benetton, and Ferrari. In 2010 he announced a comeback with Mercedes GP.
In December 2013, Schumacher had a serious head injury while skiing. He was taken to hospital and placed in a medically induced coma, having suffering a head injury. He was in the coma for six months from 29 December 2013 until 16 June 2014.
