BUENOS AIRES, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The medical director of the Guemes Hospital in Buenos Aires where Diego Maradona has been treated since Wednesday denied Tuesday the Argentine soccer star of the 1980s had tried to commit suicide, as reported by a British daily.

    Guemes medical director Hector Pezella said that Maradona checked into the hospital due to compulsive drinking.

    Maradona continues to be sedated, which according to the doctor is "absolutely necessary" and his health is improving "very well" from the acute hepatitis inflammation caused by his excessive drinking.