The date of the proceedings has yet to be set, but they are
unlikely to begin before next year, the court said Tuesday.
A medical board’s report previously given to prosecutors
concluded that Maradona was in agony for more than 12 hours, did not receive
adequate treatment and could still be alive if he had been properly
hospitalized.
Three judges from an appeals court in San Isidro, outside
Buenos Aires, confirmed the charges brought by prosecutors of homicide by
negligence against the members of Maradona’s medical team.
Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque and psychiatrist Agustina
Cosachov are accused of failing in their care for Maradona. Maradona’s medical
team also included psychologist Carlos Díaz, doctors Nancy Forlini and Pedro Di
Spagna, nursing coordinator Mariano Perroni and nurses Ricardo Almirón and
Dahiana Madrid.
Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, died
of a heart attack on Nov. 25, 2020, at a rented residence outside Buenos Aires
following brain surgery two weeks earlier. He was 60.
Maradona’s autopsy showed he died of natural causes. -AP
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