A forensic expert who conducted Diego Maradona’s autopsy revealed that the Argentine football legend endured severe pain for at least 12 hours before his death. He also stated that “any doctor” should have detected symptoms several days earlier.

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On Thursday, Carlos Cassinelli, head of Forensic Medicine at the Scientific Police Superintendency, provided details of the autopsy performed on the day Maradona passed away—November 25, 2020—while under home care in a residence in Tigre, Buenos Aires.

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"The heart was completely covered in fat and blood clots, which indicate agony," the specialist said during the homicide trial for seven health professionals.

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have said that Diego Maradona was not given adequate medical care

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The autopsy concluded that Maradona died from acute pulmonary edema secondary to congestive heart failure.

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"This is a patient who had been collecting water over the days; that's not acute. This was something that was foreseeable," Cassinelli said. "Any doctor examining a patient would find this."

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According to the prosecution, the accused professionals -- a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, doctors, and nurses -- who were caring for Maradona during his convalescence failed to provide adequate medical care, which allegedly led to his death.

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During the investigation, multiple witnesses testified that Maradona's face and abdomen appeared abnormally swollen.

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Among those facing trial is Leopoldo Luque, who served as Maradona’s personal physician for the last four years of his life, along with psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, who prescribed his medication until his passing.

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Additionally, nurse Gisela Madrid, who has also been indicted, is set to stand trial before a jury later this year.

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