Eight medical personnel are to stand trial accused of criminal negligence in the death of legendary Diego Maradona, BBC reports.A judge has ordered a homicide trial after a medical panel found Maradona’s treatment was rife with “deficiencies and irregularities”.FRI: 03.30: (3.30) CSA (2.85) GREMIO (2.42)Maradona died in November 2020 of a heart attack in Buenos Aires, aged 60.Return to innocenceA few days after his death, Argentine prosecutors launched an investigation into the doctors and nurses involved in his care.Last year, the panel of 20 experts appointed to examine his death found Maradona’s medical team acted in an “inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner”.Pablo Escobar is long gone, but his Atletico Nacional is as mad as it getsIt also concluded that the footballer “would have had a better chance of survival” with adequate treatment in an appropriate medical facility, according to the court ruling.Among those facing charges are Maradona’s neurosurgeon and personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, a psychiatrist and psychologist, two doctors, two nurses and their boss. They have all denied responsibility for his death.Written in the stars! Indian national team makes the Asian Cup with help from astrologersAll eight will be tried on a legal definition of homicide based on negligence committed in the knowledge that it may lead to a person’s death.The crime can hold a sentence of eight to 25 years in prison, according to Argentina’s penal code. A date for the trial is yet to be set.
