マラドーナ氏死去した部屋に「医療品なかった」　警官が証言

【サンイシドロ（アルゼンチン）ＡＦＰ＝時事】サッカー元アルゼンチン代表の名選手、ディエゴ・マラドーナ氏の死をめぐる裁判で１８日、最初に現場に駆けつけた証人の警察官が、マラドーナ氏が亡くなった部屋に「医療用品は見当たらなかった」と話した。（写真は、サッカー元アルゼンチン代表のディエゴ・マラドーナ氏）
　マラドーナ氏は２０２０年１１月２５日、心不全と急性肺水腫のため６０歳で亡くなった。裁判では亡くなる直前の数日間を看護した医療スタッフ７人が「未必の故意による殺人罪」に問われ、有罪の場合、禁錮８年から２５年を言い渡される可能性がある。
　マラドーナ氏は亡くなる直前に手術をし、自宅で術後ケアを受けていたが、証人の警官は「部屋に医療用品は見当たらなかった」「在宅医療で必要だと思われる点滴も見なかった」と述べた。
　「最初に目を引いたのは、ディエゴ・マラドーナ氏が仰向きの姿勢でいて、腹部が今にも破裂しそうなくらい膨らんでいたことだ」と明かし、「あの状態のマラドーナ氏を見るのはショックだった。あのような光景を自分が目撃することになるとは思わなかった」と付け加えた。
　裁判はブエノスアイレス郊外のサンイシドロで前週に始まった。７月まで続く見通しで、１２０人近くが証言する予定となっている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/03/19-16:47）

A policeman who was among the first on the scene of Diego Maradona's death four years ago, told a court Tuesday he saw no medical items in the room where the football legend was receiving post-operative care at home.
Officer Lucas Farias testified in the trial of seven health professionals accused of homicide for their alleged role in what prosecutors have described as the horror theater of Maradona's final days.
Farias said he didn't see medical items in the room. I didn't see serums that I think should be part of home hospitalization, referring to an intravenous drip.
Farias was one of four police officers to give evidence Tuesday, a week after the trial opened in San Isidro in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires.
What first caught my attention about Diego Maradona was his face-up position with an abdomen so swollen it seemed about to explode, said Farias.
I was shocked to see Maradona in that state, I never thought I'd find myself faced with that image.
Maradona died on November 25, 2020, aged 60, while recovering at home from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions.
It was determined he died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs.
On trial are a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a medical coordinator, a nursing coordinator, a doctor and a night nurse accused of being criminally negligent in the care they provided to the footballer in his final days.
Prosecutors allege the footballer was abandoned to his fate for a prolonged, agonizing period before his death.
The defendants face prison terms of between eight and 25 years if convicted of homicide with possible intent -- pursuing a course of action despite knowing it can cause death.
Nearly 120 witnesses are expected to testify in the long-delayed trial expected to run until July.