The process of the death of the football icon is about whether the medical care of the Argentine was appropriate to the state of health.
In the sensational court trial to the cause of the death of Diego Maradona, the football icon, who died in 2020, was described as a “very difficult patient”. This was said by the neurosurgeon Rodolfo Benvenuti that Maradona had behaved “unreasonable”.
So he was difficult for the world champion of 1986 to undergo his brain surgery of a computer tomography examination, Benvenuti described. Maradona then wanted to leave the clinic as soon as possible after the procedure.
According to Benvenuti’s opinion, Maradona’s state required a daily medical surveillance. However, the evidence previously submitted in court show that his team of supervisors had only set weekly visits to the doctor. One of them apparently did not take place due to Maradona’s reluctance.
Maradona had died of a heart attack and pulmonary edema at the age of 60 after a brain operation. The seven defendants, including Maradonas at the time Leopoldo Luque, have to answer for negligent killing. As a maximum penalty in the event of a guilty verdict, up to 25 years in prison are in the room. All accused reject the public prosecutor’s allegations.