Maradona's medical team will be tried for homicide
April 19 - An Argentine appeals court has confirmed that eight medical professionals accused of being responsible for the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona will face trial.
Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and six others will be tried for homicide with potential aggravating circumstances or intent. They had appealed the initial decision to go to trial.
The other six defendants will be psychologist Carlos Díaz, nurses Ricardo Almirón and Gisela Dahiana; the coordinating doctor of Swiss Medical Nancy Forlini, the coordinating doctor Mariano Perroni and the clinical doctor Pedro Di Spagna.
The court considered that "the attached table of evidence makes it possible to reach, at this stage, the degree of knowledge required to consider prima facie consolidated the accusation, in the terms imposed and required by the public prosecutor, concerning the contribution that each of these defendants here would have had with regard to the health of the alleged victim, taking into account the role and functions that they would have demonstrated in the aforementioned period, (and which) would have been decisive in the 'fatal outcome here.'
In November 2020, Maradona died at the age of 60. He was recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot after a decades-long lifestyle involving cocaine and alcohol addiction. He was found dead in his bed after succumbing to cardiac arrest. Prosecutors accused Maradona's doctors and medical staff of involvement in the "reckless" and "deficient" home treatment of a patient.
Maradona is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time alongside Pele and Lionel Messi. He played for FC Barcelona and Napoli at club level and won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986.
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April 19 - An Argentine appeals court has confirmed that eight medical professionals accused of being responsible for the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona will face trial.
Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and six others will be tried for homicide with potential aggravating circumstances or intent. They had appealed the initial decision to go to trial.
The other six defendants will be psychologist Carlos Díaz, nurses Ricardo Almirón and Gisela Dahiana; the coordinating doctor of Swiss Medical Nancy Forlini, the coordinating doctor Mariano Perroni and the clinical doctor Pedro Di Spagna.
The court considered that "the attached table of evidence makes it possible to reach, at this stage, the degree of knowledge required to consider prima facie consolidated the accusation, in the terms imposed and required by the public prosecutor, concerning the contribution that each of these defendants here would have had with regard to the health of the alleged victim, taking into account the role and functions that they would have demonstrated in the aforementioned period, (and which) would have been decisive in the 'fatal outcome here.'
In November 2020, Maradona died at the age of 60. He was recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot after a decades-long lifestyle involving cocaine and alcohol addiction. He was found dead in his bed after succumbing to cardiac arrest. Prosecutors accused Maradona's doctors and medical staff of involvement in the "reckless" and "deficient" home treatment of a patient.
Maradona is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time alongside Pele and Lionel Messi. He played for FC Barcelona and Napoli at club level and won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986.
Contact the author of this story at moc.l1681952118labto1681952118ofdlr1681952118owedi1681952118sni@i1681952118tnuk.1681952118ardni1681952118mas1681952118
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