The prosecution filed charges and recommended the court to jail the eight doctors who treated legendary Argentine striker Diego Armando Maradona, AFP reported.
The new circumstances surrounding the November 2020 death of the former player of Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys were opened during an investigation that revealed an unprecedented neglect of the staff involved, a “improvisations, omissions and results in a string of “wrong decisions”.
According to his testimony, written in the concluding part of the Argentine prosecutor’s office, Maradona was left defenseless, and the inaction, combined with the ill-treatment, put the victim in a lethargic situation. The prosecution described it as “outrageous” that Maradona was treated at home rather than hospitalized.
Doctors can be prosecuted for murder by dolmas eventualis (indirect caste – socialbites.ca) if the perpetrator is negligent and aware that it will lead to the death of the person.
The list of suspects includes neurosurgeon and family doctor Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Kosachov and psychologist Carlos Diaz. If the court finds the doctors guilty, they will face prison terms from eight to 25 years.
Diego Armando Maradona died on November 25, 2020. On November 3, the former athlete was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma in his brain. He was operated on the next day. On 12 November, the Argentine was discharged from the hospital.
Maradona’s personal attorney, attorney Matias Morla, confirmed the results of the investigation during the hearing.
“A lot of mistakes were made because Diego died, they drugged the poor guy and drugged him until his heart exploded,” Morla said by TASS.
The lawyer noted that after Maradona’s surgery three weeks before his death, doctors suggested leaving him in the hospital under the supervision of medical personnel, but relatives of the former football player moved him to a rented house in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.
“It was crazy. The doctors said he had to be in the hospital,” he said.
On 25 November 2020, the day of his death, Diego Maradona woke up, reported feeling unwell, went to bed and died. According to the medical commission published by the world media, the Argentine football player died in his sleep between 4:00 and 06:00 on 25 November.
However, the doctors who came to call that day recorded the death later – at 13:15, they carried out resuscitation for 45 minutes before that. Before the funeral, doctors removed the heart of a former athlete.
Maradona’s heart weighed half a kilo, it was huge. Usually the heart weighs 300 grams. Despite being an athlete and often having a bigger heart than others, that wasn’t the only reason. It was heart failure,” author and journalist Nelson Castro said in an interview with Marca.
As part of the Argentina national team, he took part in 91 matches, in which he scored 34 goals. According to the results of the 1986 World Cup, Maradona was recognized as the best player of the tournament. At the 1990 World Cup, the striker became the silver medalist of the competition, losing to the German national team in the final – 2: 4.