ARGENTINA: DIEGO MARADONA'S DOCTOR ALFREDO CAHE INTERVIEWED REASONS FOR TRANSFERRING HIM TO A REHABILITATION CLINIC IN BUENOS AIRES.

Record ID: 448956

  • Title: ARGENTINA: DIEGO MARADONA'S DOCTOR ALFREDO CAHE INTERVIEWED REASONS FOR TRANSFERRING HIM TO A REHABILITATION CLINIC IN BUENOS AIRES.
  • Date: 10th May 2004
  • Summary: (U7)BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (MAY 10, 2004) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS: OF DAWN IN THE HOSPITAL GARDEN. (2 SHOTS) 0.06 2. VARIOUS: OF JOURNALISTS AND SECURITY AT THE DOOR AND IN THE GARDENS OF THE HOSPITAL. (6 SHOTS) 0.34 3. MLV/MV: OF ALFREDO CAHE, MARADONA'S PERSONAL DOCTOR SPEAKING WITH HOSPITAL PERSONNEL. (2 SHOTS) 0.46 4. LV/MV: OF JOURNALISTS LOOKING THROUGH THE BUSHES. (2 SHOTS) 0.53 5. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ALFREDO CAHE, MARADONA'S PERSONAL DOCTOR SPEAKING OF THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING AN ESTABLISHMENT TO TREAT MARADONA, SAYING: "We have been alone, we have been alone. They criticize the colleagues, and the specialist clinics - they didn't take us in anywhere. They rejected us in an incredible manner and a time came when we didn't know what to do" 1.09 6. WS: CAHE SURROUNDED BY MEDIA. 1.14 7. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CAHE, SAYING: "We have to preserve the idol, but we have to think more of the human being than of the idol. When I see Claudia (Maradona), the sacrifice she has made for years and that she makes now, and I see the girls (Maradona's daughters), I get the impression that this is the last opportunity we have. " 1.28 8. MLV: CAHE SURROUNDED BY MEDIA. 1.31 9. VARIOUS: OF FAN WITH MARADONA T-SHIRT PAINTING A BANNER. (3 SHOTS) 1.44 10. MV: FAN SITTING DOWN IN FRONT OF FENCE COVERED IN POSTERS, WATCHING. 1.47 11. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CRISTIAN ROMANO, FAN, SAYING: "Diego is the greatest there is and we came to give him encouragement because we all love him, as a player and as a person. He's the greatest" 1.54 12. CU/MV: OF FANS HANGING A BANNER ON THE BARS OF THE HOSPITAL. 2.04 13. WS/PAN: SECURITY AND PRESS AT THE DOOR OF THE CLINIC. 2.16 14. MLV: NURSE AND PATIENTS WALKING IN THE GARDENS. 2.27 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • Country: Argentina
  • Reuters ID: LVAEUCZ3HFQ01T5MK4FGK6Q2MU8J
  • Story Text: Argentine doctor says the transfer of ailing soccer
    star Diego Maradona to a rehabilitation clinic, could be
    the last opportunity to overcome his health difficulties.



    Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona was taken to
    the Del Parque clinic in Castelar, on the outskirts of
    Buenos Aires on Sunday (May 9) where local media reports
    said he would stay for drug rehabilitation.

    On Monday (May 10) Alfredo Cahe, Maradona's personal
    physician, met with the media and shed light on the
    difficulties of moving the soccer legend to the clinic.

    "We have been alone, we have been alone. They criticize
    the colleagues, and the specialist clinics - they didn't
    take us in anywhere," Cahe said. "They rejected us in an
    incredible manner and a time came when we didn't know what
    to do."
    The clinic, situated in a wooded region, was heavily
    guarded by police and private security. Only hours after
    his arrival, small groups of onlookers and fans gathered
    nearby, some hanging "Get Well" messages on a gate.

    "Diego is the greatest there is," said Cristian Romano,
    a fan. "We came to give him encouragement because we all
    love him, as a player and as a person. He's the greatest. "
    Since 2000, 43 year old Maradona has been living at a
    spa in Cuba where he has been undergoing a drugs
    rehabilitation programme.

    The 1986 World Cup winner returned to Argentina in
    March and spent his time playing golf, visiting his teenage
    daughters and appearing on TV chat shows before being
    rushed to hospital on April 18 with a swollen heart and breathing
    problems.

    He spent 12 days in intensive care, including one week
    on an artificial respirator, before suddenly discharging
    himself.

    Maradona then surprised the nation by playing golf at a
    plush country getaway the day he left hospital for the
    first time.

    He was reportedly paid $80,000 for a television
    interview two days later in which he said he "was dying"
    but that his fans had called him back from the tunnel of
    death.

    Last Wednesday, (May 5) he went back into hospital for
    what his personal doctor Alfredo Cahe said was a check-up.


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