Seven healthcare employees who handled Diego Maradona are accused of “condemning him to oblivion” by negligence, prosecutors have mentioned.
The 1986 World Cup winner, one of many sport’s greatest-ever gamers, died in a home exterior Buenos Aires in November 2020 following a cardiac arrest. He was 60.
Seven healthcare professionals, together with a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist and several other medical staffers, have gone on trial for manslaughter after being accused of failing to supply Maradona with enough medical care.
Prosecutor Patricio Ferrari mentioned their case is that, in some unspecified time in the future within the two weeks earlier than his loss of life, Maradona was taken to a home in a personal neighborhood within the city of Tigre, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, with out being in “full use of his mental faculties” to determine on residence hospitalisation.
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From 2021: Maradona followers march for ‘justice’ over loss of life
Mr Ferrari known as it “reckless”, including “after condemning him to oblivion in that house… they deliberately and cruelly decided that he should die”.
Mr Ferrari confirmed the courtroom an image of the previous footballer mendacity within the mattress the place he was discovered lifeless along with his stomach visibly swollen.
Maradona’s household, together with his oldest daughters, Dalma and Giannina, sat within the entrance row close to Verónica Ojeda, a former companion of the footballer, and Jana, one other of his daughters.
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Maradona’s daughter Dalma attended the proceedings. Pic: Reuters
Minutes earlier than the beginning of the trial, Ojeda shared a video on social media of Maradona’s son Diego Fernando sporting a T-shirt with the face of the soccer star, and the phrase “justice.”
The trial may last as long as 4 months and there will likely be three hearings per week. If discovered responsible, the defendants, who all deny wrongdoing, might be jailed for 25 years.
Among the many accused is neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, Maradona’s private physician for the final 4 years of his life.
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Leopoldo Luque, who handled Maradona over the past 4 years of his life, has denied negligence. Pic: Reuters
Mr Luque operated to take away a blood clot from the previous footballer’s mind simply weeks earlier than his loss of life.
Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, who prescribed the treatment that Maradona took till the time of his loss of life, psychologist Carlos Díaz, coordinator of the medical firm employed to look after him throughout his hospitalisation, Nancy Forlini, consultant of the corporate that rendered nursing service, Mariano Perroni, Dr Pedro Di Spagna, who monitored his remedy, and nurse Ricardo Almiron are additionally standing trial.
Gisela Madrid, a nurse who was additionally indicted, will likely be tried by a jury later this yr.
