Maradona’s medical team four years after the death of the football icon

The long -awaited medical personnel trial that treated the deceased legend of Argentine football Diego Maradona began in the capital, Buenos Aires.

Maradona was convalescent when he died of a heart attack at his home in 2020, at 60. He had been recovering at the house of surgery in a clot of brain blood earlier that month.

Prosecutors claim that Maradona’s death could have been avoided and accuse the staff of the medical negligence hospital.

The defendants say that Maradona had refused more treatment and should have been left in the hospital for longer after their operation.

They risk prison conditions between eight and 25 if they are declared guilty for the position of “homicide with possible intention.”

In an opening statement, the Prosecutor’s Office said he intended to present “solid” evidence that no team member “did what they were supposed to do” in the “horror theater” that was Maradona’s death bed.

“Today, Diego Armando Maradona, his children, his relatives, those closest to him and the Argentine people, deserve justice,” said prosecutor Patricio Ferrari to the court.

The researchers have classified the case as guilty homicide, a crime similar to involuntary homicide, because they said the defendants were aware of the severity of Maradona’s health condition, but did not take the necessary measures to save it.

The defendants in the case are a neurosurgeon, psychiatrist, psychologist, medical coordinator, nursing coordinator, doctor and nocturnal nurse.

The night nurse said previously that she had seen “warning signs”, but had received orders to “not wake up” Maradona.

More than 100 witnesses will testify at the trial, which is expected to last until July.

Diego Maradona is largely considered one of the best players to play the game. He was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous goal of “Hand of God” against England in the quarterfinals.

During the second half of his career, Maradona had problems with cocaine addiction and was prohibited for 15 months after positive for drugs in 1991.

The news of his death threw the world of football, and his country of origin from Argentina, a deep duel, with many thousands of people queuing for hours to walk with his coffin in the presidential palace in Buenos Aires.