“The idea is that he won’t leave tomorrow”

Diego Maradona’s personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, said on Sunday that the former footballer, hospitalized in a clinic on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, is “lucid” and is improving his health.

“He is improving every day, the recovery is incredible,” the doctor told reporters in brief statements after the visit to Maradona.

Luque ruled out, however, that the soccer star would be discharged this Monday from the Olivos clinic, in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires, where he remains hospitalized.

“The idea is that it won’t leave tomorrow,” he said.

Maradona He was hospitalized last Monday in a clinic in the Buenos Aires city of La Plata for anemia, dehydration and “low mood”, but after undergoing more thorough checks he was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma and was transferred on Tuesday to the Olivos Clinic, where was operated on.

On Saturday, the football player’s lawyer, Matías Morla, after visiting him, said that Maradona had been sedated and that he, his relatives and relatives were very uncertain about the evolution of his health, although he was confident in the medical staff that assist. . .

“He’s very lucid, he’s very good. He is awake, he is very well, seriously, “Luque underlined this Sunday.

In addition to the doctor, this Sunday Maradona also received a visit from Dalma, one of his daughters.

On October 30, the day he turned 60, Maradona, who has a long history of health problems and addictions, was at the Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata stadium, the club he directs, on the first day of the Argentine tournament, but in pension after a few minutes visibly impaired and with mobility problems.