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Maradona death trial: Prosecutors allege 'trap' and 'crimes' over use of father's medical records
🇦🇷 Argentina /Crime & Justice

Maradona death trial: Prosecutors allege 'trap' and 'crimes' over use of father's medical records

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Prosecutors in Argentina are investigating a potential fraud in the medical records used by a board that analyzed Diego Maradona's death.
  • The board allegedly used medical records belonging to Maradona's father, who was hospitalized at the same time, to draw conclusions in its report.
  • Prosecutors have requested raids on a hospital and the medical company involved, calling the situation "crazy."

Prosecutors in San Isidro, Argentina, are scrutinizing the integrity of the medical evidence used to investigate Diego Maradona's death, alleging a potential fraud involving patient records. The controversy centers on a medical board's report, compiled after the football legend's death in November 2020.

Only the one who set the trap could know where it is hidden.

— Patricio FerrariOne of the prosecutors general adjuntos of San Isidro, alluding to the defense of Nancy Forlini, a medical coordinator at Swiss Medical accused of responsibility in Maradona's death.

During a previous hearing, it was revealed that the medical board's conclusions were partly based on clinical records belonging to Maradona's father. His father was hospitalized at Sanatorio Los Arcos in Palermo at the same time Maradona was in Dubai managing a football team. The medical records in question date back to May 2015, while his father passed away in June 2015.

Patricio Ferrari, an assistant prosecutor general, stated that the inclusion of his father's medical studies could constitute public offenses. He described the alleged act as a "continuous crime" that began in January 2021 when the studies were submitted and continues to yield effects and gains. Ferrari has requested judges to order raids on Sanatorio Los Arcos and the headquarters of Swiss Medical, the health insurance company that provided the records.

It is a continuous crime that began to be executed on January 5, 2021 when the studies were sent and today its effects and gains continue to be produced.

— Patricio FerrariExplaining the alleged ongoing nature of the offense to the judges.

"The prosecution cannot get over the astonishment of what happened in the last hearing," Ferrari told the judges. "Sadly, I say, there is nothing to celebrate. We were clear, we asked for Diego Armando Maradona's studies and they sent us Diego Armando Maradona's studies [but also included the clinical history of the star's father]. I think what is happening is crazy."

The prosecution cannot get over the astonishment of what happened in the last hearing. Sadly, I say, there is nothing to celebrate. We were clear, we asked for Diego Armando Maradona's studies and they sent us Diego Armando Maradona's studies [but also included the clinical history of the star's father]. I think what is happening is crazy.

— Patricio FerrariExpressing disbelief at the alleged mix-up of medical records.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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