An eight-person medical staff in Argentina treated famed footballer Maradona before he died from a heart attack in November of 2020. At the time, he was recovering from surgery for a brain clot. New evidence ordered by a homicide judge has been found that the treatment of the football player was rife with “deficiencies and irregularities” and that his medical team didn’t do everything that they could for Maradona. For this reason, the medical team is being prosecuted for homicide.
Among the people being charged for his death are his personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, psychologist Carlos Diaz, nurses Gisella Madrid and Ricardo Almiron, their boss Mariano Perroni, and doctors Pedro Di Spagna and Nancy Forlini. The penalty for this crime can be a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.
These legal proceedings are a result of Maradona’s two daughters filing a complaint. They believed that the treatment their father received after his brain surgery was inadequate and that if his care had been better, he would have a better chance at survival.
The two women had heard an audio clip of a phone conversation between their father’s psychiatrist and his neurosurgeon, the former of which had been staying at Maradona’s house and was informing the latter of his condition. These audio clips had been leaked and showed how little the two doctors cared about the footballer’s health and they provide proof for the case. “If the truth always triumphs, you two will go to prison. The lightness with which a private conversation on November 25 is published disgusts me,” said Giannina Maradona, footballer’s daughter, talking about the two doctors.
These audio clips had brought Maradona’s daughters to believe that Maradona hadn’t received proper treatment.
These assumptions were proven to be correct according to a recent court ruling. It concluded that the footballer “would have had a better chance of survival” with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical facility. Despite all this, during a press conference right after Maradona’s death, Dr. Luque cried, saying he had “everything he could, up to the impossible” in order to save the life of his friend.
Maradona’s death greatly affected the Argentinian people. He became an idol to millions of Argentinians after he brought the South American team to their second World Cup triumph in 1986. However, a few years after winning the world cup he was for 15 months after testing positive for cocaine in 1991. Later, he recovered from his addiction and went back to playing until 1997, when he retired.
The story of his addiction and recovery made him more of a star to many people and up until his death, and even after, he is still celebrated as the greatest football player in history. Many people mourned his death with thousands of people queuing for hours to walk by his coffin at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. Showing just how great of an impact Maradona made on the world.
Among the people being charged for his death are his personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, psychologist Carlos Diaz, nurses Gisella Madrid and Ricardo Almiron, their boss Mariano Perroni, and doctors Pedro Di Spagna and Nancy Forlini. The penalty for this crime can be a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.
These legal proceedings are a result of Maradona’s two daughters filing a complaint. They believed that the treatment their father received after his brain surgery was inadequate and that if his care had been better, he would have a better chance at survival.
The two women had heard an audio clip of a phone conversation between their father’s psychiatrist and his neurosurgeon, the former of which had been staying at Maradona’s house and was informing the latter of his condition. These audio clips had been leaked and showed how little the two doctors cared about the footballer’s health and they provide proof for the case. “If the truth always triumphs, you two will go to prison. The lightness with which a private conversation on November 25 is published disgusts me,” said Giannina Maradona, footballer’s daughter, talking about the two doctors.
These audio clips had brought Maradona’s daughters to believe that Maradona hadn’t received proper treatment.
These assumptions were proven to be correct according to a recent court ruling. It concluded that the footballer “would have had a better chance of survival” with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical facility. Despite all this, during a press conference right after Maradona’s death, Dr. Luque cried, saying he had “everything he could, up to the impossible” in order to save the life of his friend.
Maradona’s death greatly affected the Argentinian people. He became an idol to millions of Argentinians after he brought the South American team to their second World Cup triumph in 1986. However, a few years after winning the world cup he was for 15 months after testing positive for cocaine in 1991. Later, he recovered from his addiction and went back to playing until 1997, when he retired.
The story of his addiction and recovery made him more of a star to many people and up until his death, and even after, he is still celebrated as the greatest football player in history. Many people mourned his death with thousands of people queuing for hours to walk by his coffin at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. Showing just how great of an impact Maradona made on the world.
