BUENOS AIRES: 4 years after the demise of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, seven healthcare professionals will go on trial subsequent week accused of negligence throughout his last days.
Greater than 100 witnesses, together with members of Maradona’s household and medical doctors who tended to him down the years, will take the stand over the course of the four-month trial, which begins on Tuesday (Mar 11) within the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro.
The seven defendants danger between eight and 25 years in jail if convicted.
THE FACTS
Diego Armando Maradona died on Nov 25, 2020, on the age of 60 whereas recovering from mind surgical procedure for a blood clot, after a long time of battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.
He was discovered useless in mattress in a rented home in an unique Buenos Aires neighbourhood the place he was introduced after being discharged from the hospital two weeks after surgical procedure.
He was discovered to have died of a coronary heart assault.
The evening nurse stated he had seen some “warning indicators” however had “acquired orders to not wake him up”.
Maradona’s demise, which got here in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, plunged Argentina into deep mourning.
Tens of 1000’s of individuals queued to bid farewell to him as his physique lay in state within the presidential palace.
