A San Isidro judge upheld the lawsuit of these professionals, including a neurosurgeon and family physician, a clinical physician, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a nursing manager and orderlies.
The prosecution had requested this trial in April, pointing out shortcomings and negligence in the care of the ex-star.
Maradona died of a cardio-respiratory attack on November 25, 2020, alone, on his medical bed in a residence in northern Buenos Aires, while recovering from neurosurgery.
He suffered from kidney and liver problems, heart failure, neurological deterioration, and addiction to alcohol and psychotropic drugs.
The eight suspects will be tried for "simple homicide with dolus eventualis", an offense characterized when a person commits negligence knowing that it can cause someone's death.
They risk sentences ranging from 8 to 25 years in prison, but should appear free at trial, the San Isidro prosecutor's office having never requested their pre-trial detention.
Leopoldo Luque, attending physician and confidant of Maradona, arrives at the San Isidro court to testify, June 28, 2021 in Argentina JUAN MABROMATA AFP / Archives
According to prosecutors, the staff in charge of Maradona had been "protagonist of an unprecedented, totally deficient and reckless hospitalization at home", and had committed a "series of improvisations, mismanagement and defaults".
An expert report, as part of the investigation, had concluded that the former player had been "left to his fate" by his medical team, leading him to a slow agony.
Psychologist, doctor or nurse, the suspects had all during their hearings, defended their actions, within the framework of their field of competence, at the bedside of the champion.
Leopoldo Luque, attending physician and confidant of Maradona appearing among the accused, said he was "proud of what (he) did", claiming to have "tried to help" Maradona.
No date has been advanced at this stage for the holding of the trial.
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