Argentine World Cup winning captain Diego Maradona. — File photo
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine football icon Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a ‘prolonged, agonising period’ before he died last year, an expert medical panel concluded on Friday.
In a 70-page document, the panel stated that Maradona, who succumbed to a heart attack on Nov 25 at the age of 60, ‘started to die at least 12 hours before’ the moment he was found dead in his bed.
Maradona died just weeks after undergoing brain surgery on a blood clot.
A panel of 20 experts was convened by Argentina’s public prosecutor to examine the cause of death and to determine if there had been any negligence.