Pablo Dimitroff, the former director of the clinic where Argentine football superstar Diego Maradona underwent surgery days before his death, said the star’s chief medical advisor Leopoldo Luque and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov were the ones who “decided to take Maradona home.”
The former director of Clínica Olivos was the key witness at Tuesday’s hearing, which also heard testimony from neurosurgeon Pablo Rubino and psychiatrist Marcela Waisman.
Dimitroff described Maradona as being in poor condition when he was admitted to the clinic, saying he slurred his words and that “it was hard to have fluid communication with him.”
“You could tell from his replies that he wasn’t fully aware of where he was, and he struggled to move around,” the doctor said.
He said the football star improved after surgery to remove a subdural hematoma — a blood clot beneath the skull — but that new complications soon emerged.
