Alfredo Cahe, Maradona’s personal doctor for 30 years, has died

The doctor Alfredo Cahedoctor of Diego Armando Maradona for 30 years, died this Friday in Argentina, according to the Secretary of Tourism, Environment and Environment of the South American country, Daniel Scioli, in his social networks. Cahe, who died this Friday at the age of 80, graduated as a surgeon from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), had an extensive career in private medicine and specialized in intensive care, according to local media.

But, without a doubt, his relevance was achieved by being the family doctor between 1977 and 2017 of ‘Pelusa’, in addition to treating other public figures in the South American country, such as the diva in television Susana Giménez, the former president Carlos Menem (1989 -1999) or the singer Sandro, the last two have died.

“With great pain I say goodbye to my dear friend Alfredo Cahe, recognized for his professional and human qualities,” wrote the former vice president of Argentina (2003-2007) on his Instagram and both smiling. The former motonaut also pointed out that he will always keep in his memory “his medical work and his emotional and supportive support to overcome adversity,” as well as “his values” for the friendship they shared.

Cahe met Maradona when he was a teenager (he was 16 years old) and went to his consultation brought by his then manager, Jorge Cyzterpiller, to increase his muscle mass. Finding her “very thin,” as she later expressed in an interview, she prescribed vitamins and asked the representative to change her diet.

Cahe became a consulting doctor and was close to the world soccer star in the worst moments of his life, related to his drug addiction, like when he was on the verge of death in Punta del Este (Uruguay) in 2000 or when He went. to Cuba to undergo rehabilitation treatment between 2000 and 2005.

The Mexico 1986 world champion died on November 25, 2020, a few days after turning 60, and Cahe was one of the most critical voices against the health personnel who treated him in the last weeks of his life. “I have no doubt that all medical actions are bad, very bad. They will give the impression that they are not doctors,” he declared in an interview with the TN channel in February 2021, when he said that ’10’ “is would have survived.”

Cahe even used the word “suicide” to describe the end of the former Barcelona and Naples player’s life and questioned whether his last weeks would be at home and not in intensive care at a hospital, the “only option” for him. For that death, there are currently eight defendants in a trial that will begin on March 11, 2025, after the start scheduled for October 1 was postponed this Thursday.