脳手術のマラドーナ氏が退院　代理人「奇跡」

【オリボスＡＦＰ＝時事】脳血腫の除去手術を受けたサッカー元アルゼンチン代表のレジェンド、ディエゴ・マラドーナ氏（60）が、術後8日目となる11日に退院した。（写真は病院で握手を交わすサッカー元アルゼンチン代表のレジェンド、ディエゴ・マラドーナ氏〈右〉と主治医のレオポルド・ルケ氏。広報担当者提供）
　主治医のレオポルド・ルケ氏が報道陣に退院できることを明かした直後、マラドーナ氏は救急車で母国の首都ブエノスアイレスにあるオリボスの病院を後にした。
　ルケ氏はこれに先立ち、頭に包帯を巻いたマラドーナ氏と抱擁する写真をインスタグラムに投稿していた。
　マラドーナ氏は今後、ブエノスアイレスの北３０キロに位置し、娘の一人であるジャンニーナさんの家からも近いティグレでリハビリをする見通しとなっている。
　代理人を務めるマティアス・モルラ氏は「ディエゴは人生で最も困難なときを切り抜けたかもしれない」と明かし、「彼の命を奪いかねない」血腫が見つかったのは「奇跡」だと続けた。
　「今必要とされているのは、家族の団結と医療従事者に囲まれること」「医師と家族がいれば、ディエゴは本来あるべき幸せな状態でいられるだろう」 【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/11/12-11:49）

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona left hospital on Wednesday, eight days after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain.
Maradona left the Olivos clinic in Buenos Aires by ambulance shortly after his doctor Leopoldo Luque told reporters he could go home.
Luque had earlier published on Instagram a photo of himself hugging the 60-year-old, who wore a bandage on his head.
Maradona is expected to continue his rehabilitation in Tigre, 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Buenos Aires, near his daughter Giannina's home.
Diego has gone through perhaps the hardest time of his life, his lawyer Matias Morla said earlier Wednesday, adding it was a miracle that the clot which could have taken his life, was detected.
What is needed now is family togetherness and being surrounded by health professionals, said Morla. With the doctors and his family, Diego will be as he should be: happy.
The World Cup-winning former Argentine captain underwent surgery last Tuesday to remove a clot lodged between his brain and skull.
He had looked unwell during a brief appearance on October 30 to mark his 60th birthday at the stadium of Gimnasia y Esgrima, the Argentine Primera Division team he coaches.
He seemed to have difficulty walking and did not stay to watch his team's game.
The following Monday, he was taken to hospital in La Plata, where the club is based, suffering from symptoms of anemia and dehydration.
Tests revealed the blood clot, after which Maradona was transferred to a specialist clinic in the capital.
Maradona has been admitted to hospital three times in the last 20 years for serious health issues -- two of which were potentially fatal -- due to his drug and alcohol addictions.
Now free of drugs, Maradona remains dependent on alcohol.
Last week, his doctor had said the football icon would require prolonged treatment in a clinic with different specialties than the current one.
Maradona's daughters Dalma, Giannina and Jana have visited him daily at the clinic.
His oldest son, Diego Jr, who lives in Italy, announced last Thursday on social media that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and therefore would not be able to travel to Buenos Aires.
Due to Maradona's age and previous health issues, he is considered high risk in relation to the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit Argentina hard.
Several times in the last eight months he has been in isolation and was forced to stay at home recently after a bodyguard showed coronavirus symptoms, although he later tested negative.
Alongside Brazil's Pele, who turned 80 last month, Maradona is widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time.