A Doctor Testifies That Maradona Should Have Been Admitted to a Clinic Instead of Being Sent Home
Diego Maradona’s ex-wife and a doctor testified Tuesday at the trial of seven medical professionals accused of negligence in the death of the soccer great, questioning the decision to take him home following surgery in 2020 rather than admitting him to a rehabilitation center.
Maradona, who led Argentina to the World Cup title in 1986, died on Nov. 25, 2020 while undergoing home hospitalization on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. He was 60.
“He should have gone to a rehabilitation clinic … a more protected place for him,” Mario Alejandro Schiter, who treated Maradona for two decades, told the court.
“Knowing the patient, I would not have suggested home hospitalization; he was not easy to manage, given my direct knowledge of having treated him at the worst moment of his life,” added Schiter, who treated Maradona for a drug addiction.
According to the prosecution, the seven professionals charged in the negligence case — a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, doctors, and nurses — failed to provide adequate care, which may have led to his death.
“They lied to all of us, to all the family, it is a shame,” said Veronica Ojeda, who was married to Maradona from 2005 to 2014.
