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Diego Maradona should not have been sent home in days before death, says doctor

Football star Diego Maradona should have been admitted to a rehabilitation centre, the doctor said - (Getty Images)

Football star Diego Maradona should have been admitted to a rehabilitation centre rather than taken home following surgery he underwent in 2020, a doctor has testified at the trial of seven medical professionals accused of negligence in his death.

Maradona, who led Argentina to the World Cup title in 1986, died on 25 November, 2020 while undergoing home hospitalisation on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. He was 60.

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