The report, written by the former journalist from The Observer Diego Dominguezwas selected among the top 10 in the world in the category young reporters (journalists under 30 years of age).
“He cut off the phone and stomped on his Mehari, bound for the La Boyita farm, to attend to an emergency: a man ‘was dying’. The doctor Jorge Romero (50) was 28 years old, had been working for three days and had received less than a month when he received the call from Guillermo Coppola and He learned that the serious patient he had to attend was Diego Armando Maradona”recounts the beginning of the note, published one year after Maradona’s death in November 2020.
The story tells how Romero managed to save the life of the former soccer player and Argentine idol that summer in Punta del Este, and how his life continued years later.
“In my case, out of respect for his immediate family, those who loved him, the Argentine people and to differentiate myself from others in a positive way, street. If I speak today it is because It struck me how staying silent can also be a weakness in this case.”said the doctor at that time.
