May 3 – A medical examiner’s report into the death of Argentine legend Diego Maradona has questioned evidence in the criminal negligence case brought against eight medical workers a month before they are set to stand trial for homicide.
The forensic expert conducted the study at the behest of one of the main defendants, Maradona’s neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, in an effort to challenge the 2021 medical examination that held Luque and other doctors responsible for what it described as his otherwise avoidable death.
The defendants have denied any violations or irregularities in Maradona’s treatment.
Maradona died from a heart attack in 2020 while recovering from brain surgery. His death at age 60 devastated a generation of fans around the world and sent all of Argentina into mourning.
Within days, the country became consumed by questions about his final hours. Prosecutors ultimately charged eight medical workers with homicide. The trial is set to start June 4.
But now, a report from medical examiner Pablo Ferrari’s concluded that Maradona’s rapid, erratic heartbeat was either of natural origin or stemmed from an “external” factor, possibly a drug like cocaine that Maradona was known to have abused in the past. Ferrari said he couldn’t do a toxicology report based on Maradona’s insufficient urine sample.
“This marks a radical turn in the case,” Vadim Mischanchuk, the defence lawyer representing Maradona’s psychiatrist, Agustina Cosachov, told local media. “The account goes from being a cardiac event that lasts many days to one that lasts minutes.”
The findings contradict those of a 20-member medical panel appointed to investigate Maradona’s death. Their report accused Maradona’s medical team of acting in an “inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner,” leaving the player in agony and without help for more than 12 hours before his death.
The prosecutor’s office criticised Ferrari’s report as hastily cobbled together…
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Author : Paul Nicholson
Publish date : 2024-05-03 12:27:25
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