A couple of weeks ago we told you that soccer legend Diego Maradona had been admitted to a Buenos Aires hospital for acute hepatitis, a result of heavy alcohol consumption. Now his doctors are saying that La mano de Dios can leave the hospital, but will have to check into a psychiatric facility to continue his treatment, something that it seems Maradona does not want to do. According to his physician:

“He’s more communicative. He’s accepting things and is aware of the seriousness of his current state, but we are still trying to convince him that he needs to go to a psychiatric clinic. He can’t be convinced in one day, as he’s very “special”, said Cahe.

I can see how it might be challenging to convince someone who (along with a lot of other people) believes he is God to go to a psychiatric facility. Hmm.

Maradona’s doctors are also saying that he finally (!) realizes how close to death his alcohol abuse has taken him. Apparently he had “no idea” of the toll his addiction has taken on his body, causing an array of conditions, among them “lipothymia, shock, fainting and vomiting.” He didn’t notice those things?

Via / 20 Minutos