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Tribunal with photography by Maradona showing the “horror theater” moments after his death. Doctors risk 25 years in prison.
It has started this week and should last by July the great trial that aims to clarify the circumstances of the death of Diego Maradonaone of the, if not the greatest soccer player of all time.
Doctors who treated the Argentine star are being accused of murder for Maradona’s death at the age of 60, the victim of a heart attack at his home, on November 25, 2020, while recovering from surgery to remove a blood clot in the brain performed the same month.
Prosecutors claim that Maradona’s death could have been avoided and accuse the star’s medical team of negligence. Already the defendants say that Maradona refused additional treatment and should have remained in the hospital longer after the operation, instead of recovering at home.
Accused doctors can be sentenced to prison penalties between eight and 25 yearsif they are considered guilty.
What are the doctors accused of?
Upon arrival of the court for the opening of the trial, the defendants were the target of protests, with some protesters calling them “killers.”
“The most important thing is to understand that They killed Diego. What they did was murder, ”he told reporters Fernando Burlando, a lawyer who represents the daughters of Maradona.
In an initial statement in the trial, the prosecution said that it intends to present “solid” evidence that no member of the team “did what it should do” “Horror Theater” which was the deathbed of the former Golden Ball.
“Today, Diego Armando Maradona, his children, his relatives, the people closest to him and the Argentine people deserve justice,” prosecutor Patricio Ferrari told the court.
Ferrari exhibited in court a Maradona photography moments after his death – With the star lying in bed and a great swelling in the abdominal region – as proof of how Maradona was receiving inappropriate medical treatment. “That’s how he died,” said tears from the star’s family members, who watched in the audience.
The investigators classified the case as negligence homicideand claimed that the accused were aware of the severity of Maradona’s state of health, but did not take the necessary measures to save him.
The prosecution appeals to a report in 2021, a year after Maradona’s death, based on the conclusions of medical and toxicology experts, which pointed out failures in home patient treatment protocols.
Who are the defendants and what do they claim?
There is Seven defendants In this case: Neurosurgeon Luciano Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, psychologist Carlos Angel Diaz, clinical doctor Pedro Pablo Di Spagna, Nursing Coordinator Mariano Ariel Perroni, doctor Nancy Edith Forlini and nurse Ricardo Almirón. In July, an eighth member of the medical team – nurse Dahiana Madrid – will be judged separately.
The Argentine press has highlighted the role of two defendants in the trial: Luque – who will have supervised the transfer of Maradona from the hospital to home after surgery – and Cosachov – who had prescribed medications to the former player.
According to the AP agency, Maradona’s toxicology examination pointed out that the former footballer took medications for anxiety and depression.
More than 100 witnesses They will give testimony at the trial and more than 120,000 messages exchanged by Maradona’s medical team will be revealed.
Mara Digiuni, the defense lawyer of neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, said the home hospitalization was agreed between doctors and relatives of Maradona. According to her, there was no irregularity, because Maradona died of a “unpredictable” cardiac event.
Another defendant’s lawyer – psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov – said that “new evidence show that there is no criminal responsibility for the death of Maradona by any of the accused.”
Diego Maradona, considered one of the greatest soccer players in history, led Argentina to win the 1986 World Cup, with the famous goal scored with the “hand of God” against England in the quarterfinals.
During the second half of his career, Maradona fought drug addiction, namely cocaine, and was suspended for 15 months after positively testing the drug in 1991. After hanging her boots, she had public problems with obesity, drugs and alcoholism.
The news of his death left the world of football, especially his home country, Argentina, in mourning, with thousands of people line up for hours to pass near his coffin at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires.
