Argentine Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld decision To place eight medical professionals on trial for their alleged involvement in the death of football Diego Maradona icon.
Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, and psychiatrist Agustina Kosachev W six Others resumed in 2022 decision to put them on trial for the kill with Possible aggravating circumstances.
Maradona died in November 2020 Turns 60 while recovering from brain surgery for Blood clot, decades later of battles with Cocaine and alcohol addiction.
He was found dead in bed two weeks after he went under the knife, in rented house in An exclusive neighborhood of Buenos Aires where he was brought after being discharged from the hospital.
He was found to die of heart attack.
The eight defendants appealed to the court in San Isidro, NW of Buenos Aires , against distress of charges, arguing that they should Don’t accuse of Murder.
initial accusation of the kill with “dolus eventualis” is holding a person responsible for Carelessness knowing that such behavior can lead to death.
Prosecutors charged the medical professionals of Being involved in “reckless” and “imperfect” home treatment of a patient.
a panel of 20 medical experts met by Argentina public concluded the prosecutor in 2021 that Maradona “would have gotten better chance of Survival” with Appropriate treatment in suitable medical facility.
No trial date yet set.
The defendants include a psychiatrist, clinical physician, medical coordinator, nursing coordinator and nurses.
