translated from Spanish: What are the 24 points prosecutors will investigate to determine if there were malpractice in Diego Maradona’s death?

Prosecutors yesterday communicated to the parties involved through a document what will be the 24 points on which on March 8 the medical board to be held at the Superintendency of Scientific Police of La Plata will begin work on in the case of the death of Diego Maradona.What was the cardiological state of Diego Maradona, whether his doctors should know him, whether he was well or poorly medicated, whether Tiger’s house was the right place for a home in detention, and whether the team in charge of his health increased, will be some of the questions prosecutors will try to answer to determine if there was malpractice. In the first six points, prosecutors will investigate chronic heart failure that medical records and autopsy revealed the former footballer was suffering from. For this reason, specialists were asked to report “Diego Armando Maradona’s clinical picture and general health prior to his death”, but to “in particular” rule on “the cardiac pathology presented by the patient” and “their degree of complexity”.

Prosecutors ask whether the recompiled elements “adequate studies and controls arise to verify their condition and cardiological developments during the period from 1 October 2020 to their death”. In addition, they consult whether the autopsy observed “the observed cardiological chart required providing the patient with specific medication for that condition” and “whether the drugs supplied to the patient prior to their death (…) could generate adverse effects and/or medical contraindications according to the cardiological picture.” Continuing elsewhere, they ask “whether the psychopharmaceuticals provided to the patient according to the medical records collected and the exchange of instant messaging between the treating health team, had contraindications with the consumption of ethyl alcohol and, where appropriate, the effects caused by the concomitant intake of these substances are explained”. Also on the surgery to which he was subjected at the Olive Clinic, prosecutors want to know three questions: whether he had a criterion of “urgent surgical intervention”, whether on 11 November “the patient was in psychic and physical conditions to be externalized” and whether he was “in a position of self-warmth and exercise the principle of autonomy at the time of his home detention”.

About the house of Tigre, where Diego died, the question is whether “it was appropriate according to the rules and protocols of organization and operation of a home internment service according to current regulations”, and the board will define “whether the characteristics of the place, the location of the house within the private neighborhood and the absence of necessary elements and medical equipment available in the face of an emergency (defibrillator, oxygen tube and ambulance service 24 hours.), could potentially affect the final outcome.” On the part of the edema they confirmed in the autopsy that was one of the reasons for his death, prosecutors consult whether the picture of “swelling, snoring, fatigue and changes in the voice ring – evidenced at least as of November 16, 2020 – should have generated some behavior or action by the treating health team” and whether “the provision of diuretic medication was necessary.” Finally, when assessing 10 health leaders, the perpetrators of the investigation ask “whether based on the responses made, the action or omission behaviors of the health team in charge increased Diego Armando Maradona’s permitted health risk.”
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