Clinic employee caught taking picture of Maradona with camphone

An employee of the Swiss-Argentine clinic where former football star Maradona is being treated, was caught taking his picture in the intensive care unit with a camera phone in order to sell it to an American magazine. The employee was dismissed, according to Clarin (in Spanish). Thanks Julián!

Julián Gallo teaches New Media in the joint master degree program of journalism of Universidad de San Andres, the School of Journalism of the University of Columbia and the news group Clarin.

cf other related article (in Spanish).

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