Diego Maradona death case: Eight medical staff to face homicide trial

In a huge major twist and turn, an Argentinian judge ruled on Wednesday that eight medical staff involved in the care of soccer star Diego Maradona will face a public trial for criminal negligence.

 

 

The judge has ordered a homicide trial after a medical panel found Maradona's treatment was rife with "deficiencies and irregularities". Maradona died in November 2020 of a heart attack in Buenos Aires, aged 60. He had been recovering at home from surgery on a brain blood clot earlier that month.

 

Few days after his deaths, a probe was launched by Argentine prosecutors into the doctors and nurses involved in his care. In 2021, the medical panel consisting of 20 experts appointed to examine his death found Maradona's medical team acted in an "inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner".

 

 

 

It also concluded that the footballer "would have had a better chance of survival" with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical facility, according to the court ruling.

 

Reports suggest that Maradona's neurosurgeon and personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, a psychiatrist and psychologist, two doctors, two nurses and their boss will be facing charge.