taken on March 07, 2020 Argentine former football star Diego
Maradona acknowledges spectators during an homage before the start
of the Argentina First Division 2020 Superliga Tournament football
match Boca Juniors vs Gimnasia La Plata, at La Bombonera stadium,
in Buenos Aires.
ALEJANDRO PAGNI / AFP
Argentina football legend Diego Maradona was suffering
from liver, kidney and cardiovascular disorders but there were no
signs of alcohol or narcotics consumption in his autopsy, the
public prosecutor said on Wednesday.
World Cup winning captain from Mexico ’86, Maradona died of a
heart-attack on November 25 at the age of 60.
The public prosecutor in San Isidro, a northern suburb of the
capital Buenos Aires, published the results of Maradona’s autopsy
late on Tuesday night.
It was ordered as part of an investigation into his death to see
if there was any negligence or recklessness in the health care he
was provided.
At the end of his life he was suffering from a variety of
illnesses including cirrhosis, heart disease and kidney
failure.
The toxicology analysis showed there was no alcohol or narcotics
in his blood or urine but Maradona was taking anti-depressants, an
anti-psychotic drug and various other medication to treat ulcers,
convulsions, dependencies and difficulties in expelling waste.
Maradona had battled cocaine and alcohol addictions during his
life.
“What’s come out of the laboratory analysis is as important as
what hasn’t, which simply confirms that Maradona was given
psychotropic drugs but no medicine for heart disease,” one of the
investigators told the Telam press agency.
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Psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and heart surgeon Leopoldo Luque
are under investigation as they were treating Maradona before his
death.
A first autopsy conducted the day Maradona died found he had
suffered from liquid on the lungs with acute heart failure brought
on by a disease of the heart muscles that makes it harder to pump
blood.
Maradona’s heart was twice the normal weight.
He had undergone an operation for a bleed on the brain on
November 3, just five days after his 60th birthday where he briefly
attended a party in his honor at the club he was coaching, Gimnasia
y Esgrima, although he appeared to be in poor health.
Maradona was widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers
of all time.
He is a legend in his homeland having been instrumental in
guiding them to World Cup glory in 1986 and then again to the final
in Italy four years later.
He is also an icon in Naples were as a player he helped Napoli
win the only two Serie A titles in their history.
He had much less success as a coach, taking Argentina to the
World Cup quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010 before embarking
on a nomadic journey that took him to the United Arab Emirates and
Mexico.
He was the coach of Argentine Primera Division side Gimnasia at
the time of his death.
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*Schools to resume 19th Jan 2021
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Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its
industrial action that has disrupted academic activities for nearly
nine months.
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Addressing a press conference Wednesday morning, ASUU president,
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said the decision to go back to the
classroom was made based on agreement reached with the Federal
Government at a meeting held on
Tuesday which addressed most of the demands of the union.
He said that an implementation committee had been set up to
monitor the implementation of the agreements.
“On the basis of this, the National Executive Council meeting
has decided to suspend its strike today. But we will not hesitate
to resume the strike if government fails to keep to the agreement,”
he said.