Four days after having blown out his 60th birthday, the Argentine football legend underwent successful brain surgery on Tuesday evening.
“The hematoma was successfully evacuated.
Diego tolerated the surgery well.
He is awake and everything is fine, ”his doctor said after the operation at the private clinic in the city of Olivos, north of Buenos Aires, where the operation lasted two hours.
Relieved, the fans, who had gathered in front of the establishment, greeted the reassuring news with euphoria.
"He will remain under observation," said his doctor.
Repeating that the extraction of a subdural hematoma, located in the head, is a "routine operation", Dr. Luque recalled that the former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner (2008-2015) had undergone the same operation during his tenure.
“He's an elderly patient with a lot of pressures in his life.
This is a time when we must help him.
It's very difficult to be Maradona, ”he added.