Ex-soccer star Diego Maradona contracted a blood clot in his brain when he fell. Surgery is required.
Diego Maradona (60) needs an operation. Like his doctor Dr. Leopoldo Luque confirmed on Tuesday (November 3rd) that the former captain of the Argentine national soccer team had a blood clot in his brain. Maradona is said to have contracted this during a fall in his home. The 60-year-old is "awake and very calm," the Argentine newspaper "La Nación" quotes the attending doctor.
He said during today's press conference: "It is a routine procedure", which Maradona has already agreed to. The operation will Dr. Perform Luque personally. For this, Maradona had been transferred to a clinic in Buenos Aires. On Monday he was first admitted to a clinic in La Plata, 60 kilometers south of the capital.