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Maradona psychiatrist says football star should have been admitted to a clinic

From Proceso Digital · () Spanish

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  • Psychiatrist José Luis Covelli testified in the trial examining Diego Maradona's death.
  • Covelli said Maradona showed an alcohol-withdrawal-related confusional syndrome and should have been admitted to a clinic.

Psychiatrist José Luis Covelli testified in the trial over Diego Armando Maradona's death that the football star should have been admitted to a clinic.

Covelli, a member of the medical panel created in 2021 to examine the circumstances of Maradona's death, said Maradona had “a confusional syndrome related to alcohol withdrawal.”

a confusional syndrome related to alcohol withdrawal

— José Luis CovelliThe psychiatrist used the phrase while testifying about Maradona's medical condition.
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