{
  "id": 3137565,
  "title": "Health company admits Maradona test mix-up in trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/health-company-admits-maradona-test-mix-up-in-trial-3137565",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T23:16:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2026/08/25/health-company-admits-maradona-test-mix-up-in-trial"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Buenos Aires: An Argentine health insurance company has admitted that medical tests presented at the trial over the death of football legend Diego Maradona were mistakenly filed under his name, when in fact they belonged to his father. Swiss Medical issued a letter to AFP on Monday admitting the error. The older Maradona passed away in 2015, five years prior to his son's death. The mix-up was discovered last week by a lawyer representing one of seven healthcare professionals on trial for Maradona's passing in November 2020 at the age of 60. Maradona himself succumbed to heart failure and acute pulmonary edema - a condition where fluid builds up in the lungs - two weeks after undergoing brain clot surgery at a rented property in Buenos Aires' Tigre suburb. The healthcare team he received has been criticized for providing inadequate care leading up to his death. Despite denying the allegations, his nephrologist testified during the trial's final stages that his doctors should have paid closer attention to his kidney health. The error caused a one-week suspension of proceedings, further complicating matters after a previous trial was halted last year due to a conflict of interest involving a judge. The current trial, which commenced in April, is set to resume on Thursday and is projected to continue until at least September.",
  "summary": "Medical tests presented in court were mistakenly filed under his name but belonged to his late father, Diego Salustiano Maradona.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Health company admits Maradona test mix-up in trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/health-company-admits-maradona-test-mix-up-in-trial",
        "published": "2026-08-24T23:16:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Buenos Aires Times",
        "title": "Health company admits Maradona test mix-up in trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/health-company-admits-maradona-test-mix-up-in-trial-3138803",
        "published": "2026-08-24T23:36:25.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}