How the legend of football died and what they are accused – Firstpost

Argentina, one of the most popular football nations, is scheduled for an unprecedented judicial trial that involves medical professionals who were responsible for the deceased Diego Maradona. Seven medical professionals who took care of the football legend their last days were judged on Tuesday accused of criminal negligence for their death.

Maradona
He died on November 25, 2020 at 60 as he recovered from brain surgery For a blood clot, after decades fighting cocaine and alcohol addictions.

Each defendant runs the risk of between eight and 25 years in prison if he is convicted of “homicide with possible intention”, supposedly to follow a course of action despite knowing that he could lead to the death of the footballer.

The death of the 1986 World Cup star immersed Argentina in mourning in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tens of thousands of people queued to say goodbye to the former striker of Boca Juniors and Napoli while his body lay in the state in the presidential palace.

It is expected that more than 100 witnesses, including members of Maradona’s family and doctors who attended to him over the years, take the position in the delayed trial in the suburb of Buenos Aires of San Isidro.

Hearings are expected to run until July.

Why are Maradona doctors in trial?

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

It was discovered that he had died of a heart attack.

The nocturnal nurse said she had seen “warning signs” but that he had received orders to “not wake up” 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 nurse of the day, who found Maradona dead, asked to be judged by the jury separately.

Prosecutors have accused the medical team of pressing Maradona to receive home care, which proved to be “reckless” and “totally poor.”

They claim that the player was abandoned to his destiny for a “prolonged and agonizing period” before his death.

A panel of 20 medical experts convened by the public prosecutor of Argentina concluded in 2021 that Maradona “would have had a better opportunity for survival” with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical center.

The residence where it remained remarkably had no defibrillator.

Maradona’s family states that the audio messages and filtered text show that the star’s health was in imminent danger, said Mario Baudry, lawyer’s lawyer, Diegito.

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

‘Justice for Diego’

The defendant denies responsibility in the death of the star.

Vadim Mischanchuk, lawyer of psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, said she was “very optimistic” of an acquittal, arguing that her client was in charge of Maradona’s mental and physical health.

In the neighborhood of the Paternal of Buenos Aires, where the player nicknamed “The Golden Pibe” (The Golden Boy) revealed his prodigious talent as a player of Argentinos Juniors in the 1970s, Graffiti urging “Justice for Diego!” He was attacked on the walls before trial.

“The whole society needs to know and MLDR; What really happened, that abandoned it and MLDR; And whoever is responsible must pay the price, ”said Pensioner Hilda Pereira to the AFP.

Maradona “he didn’t deserve to die when he died, alone,” he added, his voice trembling.

For his part, the leftist newspaper Page 12 of Argentina asked: “Will anyone guilty for Maradona’s death?”

With agency contributions