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Montevideo, April 15th 2025 - 22:53 UTC

Tag: Leopoldo Luque

  • Wednesday, March 12th 2025 - 09:43 UTC

    Gruesome picture of Maradona's dead body shown on first day of trial

    The medical team is being held accountable for letting Maradona develop those lethal conditions instead of keeping him hospitalized

    A gruesome picture of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona with his torso visibly swollen was shown Tuesday as prosecutors intended to prove that the patient could have stood a better chance of survival had he remained hospitalized and not set up at a house he rented for what was going to be his recovery after brain surgery. This image caused an emotional reaction in the courtroom, particularly among Maradona’s daughters Dalma and Gianina, who were present. Verónica Ojeda, Maradona's ex-partner, also had an incident when she rebuked one of the accused doctors before the beginning of the hearings.

  • Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

    Healthcare team treating Maradona faces manslaughter charges

    If found guilty, the eight defendants risk jail sentences of 8 to 25 years

    The physicians and healthcare professionals who treated Diego Armando Maradona during his final days are to be tried for manslaughter in the death of the late Argentine football legend, it was announced.

  • Monday, November 8th 2021 - 19:54 UTC

    Health care professionals in charge of Maradona booked for murder

    Maradona died almost a year ago while his health was in tghe hands of the accused.

    All seven health care professionals who were treating Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona when he underwent surgery and eventually died have been charged with malpractice and other crimes by a San Isidro (Greater Buenos Aires) court Monday.

  • Monday, November 30th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

    Maradona's personal doctor under investigation for alleged manslaughter

    Police raided Leopoldo Luque's office and home on Sunday in search of evidence of possible professional negligence, according to images broadcast on television

    Diego Maradona's doctor is under investigation for manslaughter four days after the football idol died of a heart attack at his home, the Argentinean news agency Telam reported on Sunday.

  • Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

    Maradona's post brain surgery development “excellent”, neurologist reports

    “Maradona has no type of complication associated with the operation,” said Luque, who described the postoperative developments as “excellent.”

    Diego Maradona was recovering Wednesday after an operation for bleeding in his skull, his personal doctor said. Maradona had a subdural hematoma, which is an accumulation of blood between a membrane and his brain, said Dr. Leopoldo Luque, a neurologist who performed Tuesday’s operation.