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Former Argentine captain and World Cup winner Diego Maradona will be operated on for a subdural hematoma, a blood clot in the brain, his personal doctor said Tuesday, after being admitted to the La Plata hospital, an hour from Buenos Aires. Maradona trains the local club Gimnasia y Esgrima.
The operation was expected to begin Tuesday to address the condition, which is a pool of blood, often caused by a head injury, that can put pressure on the brain.
Leopoldo Luque, Maradona’s personal physician, said the procedure was “routine surgery.” “We are going to operate today. He is lucid, he understands, he agrees with the intervention, ”Luque said.
Luque added that Maradona will be transferred to the Olivos Clinic in the province of Buenos Aires. Maradona, 60, was admitted to the Ipensa clinic in La Plata on Monday due to anemia and dehydration.
Maradona, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and played for Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli and Sevilla, appeared in public for the last time on his 60th birthday last Friday before his team’s league game against the Patronato. . Dozens of Gimnasia y Esgrima fans have flocked to the hospital since Monday night, waving flags and holding placards with messages of support while waiting for news of Maradona’s health.
“What we want the most is for Diego to get out of all this. He can, he’s the greatest, the greatest in the world, ”said Diego Bermúdez, 41, a Maradona fan who was waiting outside the hospital.
