Doctors Could Have Prevented Maradonas Death, They Deceived Us Daughter

Argentine football legend Diego Maradonas daughter told a court Tuesday his death would have been avoided if doctors caring for him after surgery had done their jobs.

Maradona died on November 25, 2020, aged 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery for a blood clot. He had battled cocaine and alcohol addiction for decades.

His seven-person medical team is on trial for what prosecutors have called the horror theater of the final days of his life, and risk up to 25 years in prison if found guilty.

Maradona was found to have died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs two weeks after going under the knife.

If they had done their job, this would have been avoided, his daughter Dalma Maradona, a plaintiff in the case, told a court in San Isidro in the north of Buenos Aires.