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    Maradona’s Medical Team Faces Trial for Alleged Negligence in His Death

    By Samuel AkpenpuunMarch 11, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Seven medical professionals who cared for Argentine football legend Diego Maradona during his final days go on trial Tuesday accused of criminal negligence over his death.

    Maradona died on November 25, 2020 aged 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.

    Each defendant risks between eight and 25 years in prison if convicted of “homicide with possible intent” — allegedly for pursuing a course of action despite knowing it could lead to the footballer’s death.

    The passing of the star of the 1986 World Cup plunged Argentina into mourning in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Tens of thousands of people queued to bid farewell to the former Boca Juniors and Napoli striker as his body lay in state in the presidential palace.

    More than 100 witnesses, including members of Maradona’s family and doctors who tended to him over the years, are expected to take the stand in the long-delayed trial in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro.

    The hearings are expected to run until July.

    – Warning signs –

    Maradona was found dead in bed two weeks after going under the knife, in a rented house in an exclusive Buenos Aires neighborhood where he was brought after being discharged from hospital.

    He was found to have died of a heart attack.

    The night nurse said he had seen “warning signs” but had received orders “not to wake” Maradona.

    The defendants in the case are a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a medical coordinator, a nursing coordinator, a doctor and the night nurse.

    The day nurse, who found Maradona dead, asked to be tried by jury separately.

    Prosecutors have accused the medical team of pushing for Maradona to receive home care, which proved “reckless” and “totally deficient.”

    They allege the footballer was abandoned to his fate for a “prolonged, agonizing period” before his death.

    A panel of 20 medical experts convened by Argentina’s public prosecutor concluded in 2021 that Maradona “would have had a better chance of survival” with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical facility.

    The residence where he was staying notably had no defibrillator.

    Maradona’s family claim that leaked audio and text messages show that the star’s health was in imminent danger, said Mario Baudry, a lawyer for Maradona’s son Dieguito.

    He said the messages showed the medical team’s strategy was to try and ensure that Diego’s daughters did not intervene “because if they did, they (the medical staff) would lose their money.”

    – ‘Justice for Diego’ –

    The accused all deny responsibility in the star’s death.

    Vadim Mischanchuk, lawyer for psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, said he was “very optimistic” of an acquittal, arguing his client was in charge of Maradona’s mental, not physical health.

    In the La Paternal neighborhood of Buenos Aires where the player nicknamed “El Pibe de Oro” (The Golden Boy) revealed his prodigious talent as a player for Argentinos Juniors in the 1970s, graffiti urging “Justice for Diego!” was daubed on walls ahead of the trial.

    “All society needs to know… what really happened, who abandoned him… and whoever is responsible must pay the price,” pensioner Hilda Pereira told AFP.

    Maradona “did not deserve to die as he died, alone,” she added, her voice quavering.

    For its part, Argentina’s left-wing Pagina 12 newspaper wondered: “Will anyone be found guilty for Maradona’s death?”

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