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Prosecutors in Argentina argued that seven medical professionals involved in Diego Maradona’s care should receive prison sentences ranging from four to twelve years for their alleged negligence leading up to his death on November 25, 2020. The defendants are accused of providing inadequate care and failing to recognize critical health warnings before Maradona died at a rented home in Tigre, Buenos Aires. Prosecutors claim the medical team’s actions were negligent and harmful, while the defendants argue that they did not foresee his death and fulfilled their duties appropriately.
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Prosecutors in Argentina are seeking sentences up to 12 years for seven medical professionals on trial since April 2023 over the death of former football star Diego Maradona in November 2020. Maradona, aged 60 at his death, died from heart failure and acute pulmonary edema two weeks after surgery for a brain clot. The defendants are charged with “dolo eventual,” indicating awareness that their actions could cause harm but persisted nonetheless. Prosecutors argue the medical team provided grossly inadequate care leading up to Maradona's death, which occurred at his rented home in Tigre, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
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Argentine prosecutors argued on Thursday that the “chaotic” medical team treating football legend Diego Maradona at the time of his death should receive prison sentences of up to 12 years.
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team → argue → years
Seven medical professionals have been on trial since April over Maradona’s death on November 25, 2020 while convalescing after surgery for a brain clot.
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professionals → convalesce → clot
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The star of the 1986 World Cup died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema – a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs – at a rented home in the Buenos Aires suburb of Tigre two weeks after undergoing surgery.
The larger-than-life star, who had a history of substance abuse, was 60 at the time of his death.
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who → care → death
His medical team, including his chief doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist and nurses, are accused of providing grossly inadequate care in the lead-up to his death.
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team → include → death
They deny the charges.
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In his closing arguments, prosecutor Patricio Ferrai said the defendants’ “chaotic organisation” left the ailing patient “in a helpless situation, abandoning him to his fate”.
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organisation → say → fate
He accused them of having “breached their duties, performed actions contrary to the art of healing” and having “omitted all the acts they were required to perform”.
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they → accuse → acts
The defendants are charged with “dolo eventual” – a legal term meaning that a person is aware that their actions could cause harm but persisted nonetheless.
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actions → charge → harm
The highest prison sentence sought by prosecutors was 12 years, for Maradona’s personal physician, Leopoldo Luque.
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sentence → seek → physician
Other sentences ranging from four to 10 years were sought for other medical staff, which include a psychiatrist, nurse and coordinators.
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The health workers have argued that Maradona’s death could not have been foreseen and that they did their jobs.
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Each defendant has also downplayed their own individual responsibility for his care.
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defendant → downplay → care
The case has revolved around whether the doctors’ decision to allow Maradona to convalesce in a private home, instead of in a hospital, was negligent.
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Maradona → revolve → hospital
The prosecution has also pointed to the near-total absence of medical equipment, such as a hospital bed, defibrillator or quickly available ambulance as evidence of what they presented as the defendants’ dereliction of duty.
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they → point → duty
Several medical experts testified that Maradona’s carers failed to react to key warning signs – he was suffering from edema, tachycardia and had difficulty breathing – in the lead-up to his death.
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he → testify → death
“Diego Armando Maradona’s death clearly did not come out of nowhere: the signs of this fatal outcome began to appear long beforehand,” assistant prosecutor Cosme Iribarren said on Thursday.
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The prosecution again showed the court shocking images of the former footballer lying dead in bed, his stomach grotesquely swollen.
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stomach → show → bed
Maradona’s three daughters, who were present in court on Thursday for the start of the summation, covered their faces to avoid seeing the images.
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who → cover → images
The summation is expected to last around two weeks and the verdict is expected at a later date.
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The first trial over Maradona’s death was dramatically annulled last year after two-and-a-half months of hearings, following revelations that one of the judges took part in a clandestine documentary about the case.
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