US EditionMaradona allowed to order hamburgers in days after surgery, ICU director testifies
- Diego Maradona underwent surgery for a brain hematoma in November 2020 at Olivos Clinic and died on November 25 while in home care in Tigre, Argentina.
- The management of Maradona's recovery after surgery was overseen by his neurosurgeon and psychiatrist, who recommended transitioning him from intensive care to a private residence located about 40 kilometers from Buenos Aires.
- The clinic’s intensive care director, Fernando Villarejo, testified that Maradona had no preoperative exams, was sedated post-surgery to detox from alcohol, allowed unhealthy food such as hamburgers, and that the home setting was inappropriate for recovery.
- Villarejo described feeling like a pawn between the 'king' Luque and the 'queen' Cosachov, recorded concerns in medical records, and agreed with a cardiologist who said Maradona should have recovered in a rehabilitation clinic.
- Seven health professionals face negligence charges related to Maradona’s death, with the testimony highlighting potentially inadequate care decisions and family consent to sedation possibly given out of ignorance or trust.
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In the days before his death, there was chaos in the sick room of ex-football star Diego Maradona. This is what the head of the intensive care unit describes in court. He says: "Everything was allowed in the room."
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Maradona allowed to order hamburgers in days after surgery, ICU director testifies
Diego Maradona was allowed to order unhealthy food including hamburgers during recovery from surgery, the director of the clinic’s intensive care unit has testified.
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In the trial of Diego Maradona's death, further, partly shocking, details have now been published. As the intensive care unit head of the Olivos Clinic, Fernando Villarejo, reported in court, after his brain surgery, the Argentine football legend was allowed to order hamburgers and other unhealthy food in his sick room on November 3, 2020. Fernando described that at the station "everything was allowed" and described the conditions as "peelful". …
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