A panel of experts begins discussing the causes of Maradona's death to save or convict the doctor

Today, Monday, a group of 20 experts began their discussions on the causes of the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona to determine whether there was negligence on the part of healthcare professionals.

Maradona died on November 25, at the age of 60, of a heart attack, just weeks after undergoing surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage.

Investigators are looking into the health treatment he received before his death, to determine whether or not there is a case for charging manslaughter, which, if convicted, will lead to a prison sentence of up to 15 years.

The expert panel, made up of 10 official specialists and 10 others selected by the parties concerned, is expected to present its findings within two or three weeks.

This committee was composed of experts at the request of the Argentine Prosecutor's Office to decide whether the legend had received the appropriate treatment before his death.

The panel of experts includes the doctors who participated in the autopsy of Maradona's body, and the prosecutor in San Isidro, a suburb of Buenos Aires, called the nursing coordinator and the doctor who was tasked with coordinating home care for Maradona during the days leading up to his death.

Five other people, including neurosurgeon Leopoldo Locke and psychiatrist Agustina Kusachov, are under investigation on suspicion of manslaughter.

And local media reported that the last two people included in the investigation were members of a WhatsApp chat group discussing Maradona's sponsorship.

Two of Maradona's daughters, Gianna (31 years) and Jana (24 years), appeared before the Public Prosecution Office, accusing Loki of responsibility for the deteriorating health of their legendary father.

The autopsy revealed that Maradona was suffering from disorders of the liver, kidneys, heart and blood vessels, while there were no signs of alcohol or drug use.

Maradona was suffering from a variety of ailments, including cirrhosis, heart disease and kidney failure.

A toxicology analysis showed that there was no alcohol or narcotic substances in his blood or urine, but Maradona was taking anti-depressants, psychoses and various other medicines to treat ulcers, convulsions and other health problems.

One of the investigators told the "Telam" news agency after the autopsy that "what was concluded from the laboratory analysis is no less important than what was not shown (in the analysis), and he simply confirms that Maradona was given drugs to treat the mental state but there is no medicine for heart disease."

A preliminary autopsy conducted on the day Maradona died showed that he suffered from fluid in the lungs with severe heart failure caused by a disease in the heart muscles that makes pumping blood more difficult, which caused the heart of the "golden boy" to become twice its normal weight.

Maradona underwent surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage on November 3, just five days after his 60th birthday.

Maradona was widely seen as one of the greatest footballers of all time, and he is a legend in his homeland after he played a key role in leading Argentina to world glory by winning the World Cup in Mexico in 1986, then reaching four years later to the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. And his comrades gave up the title in favor of West Germany.

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