The trial for the death of the legendary former Argentine ex -soccer player Diego Maradona had the first statement of a accused since the process began on March 11.
It was the testimony of the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachovwho defended himself in the judicial process against the Astro’s medical team by saying, in tears, that he did “everything he could and even more” for his patient.
The Declaration of Cosachov took place on Thursday, May 8 before the San Isidro Court, north of Buenos Aires.
The woman defended the decision to intern Maradona at a home after a neurosurgery, but was disconnected from the medical service responsible for carrying out this hospitalization during which the former soccer player died on November 25, 2020 because of a pulmonary edema.
“My role and incumbency was according to my profession, which is psychiatry, and I always acted with total conviction that what I was doing was the right thing to do”Cosachov pointed out before the court.
During the judicial process, both the conditions and the relevance of serving Maradona have been questioned in his residence in Tigre, a town near San Isidro, after subdural hematoma surgery on November 3, 2020.
The psychiatrist was charged because it was one of the doctors responsible for signing home hospitalization.
“The objectives which were? Zero alcohol consumption and that the patient took the medication orderly”Cosachov justified about his patient who had problems with the drink and had experienced abstinence syndromes after surgery.
In addition, he added that hospitalization at home was the only viable option due to Maradona’s character and that the decision was agreed with the family and health provider. However, he indicated that he noticed an “attempt to delay” by the company.
“Now I have other information that I don’t know before. I can no longer say if the hospitalization was serious or not”he added in his testimony before the judges.
The trial for the death of Argentina’s ‘ten’ links, in addition to the psychiatrist, doctors, nurses and a psychologist, who are accused of homicide with eventual intent, who could lead to penalties that go between 8 and 25 years in prison if they are found guilty
