Elderly residents of Spanish retirement homes have been found abandoned or dead in their beds by soldiers who are helping during the coronavirus pandemic.
Spain Defense Minister Margarita Robles confirmed the discoveries at multiple establishments during an interview on Telecincos El Programa de Ana Rosa on Monday, reported El Pais . She vowed to bring the full weight of the law down on the home administrators who dont meet their obligations.
La Ministra de Defensa, Margarita Robles, asegura que sern implacables con el trato que se d en las residencias a los ancianos: \"El Ejrcito se ha encontrado a ancianos abandonados e incluso muertos en sus camas\" #AR23M https://t.co/C9JHpMXZj6
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Public prosecutors are now investigating the discoveries , reported HuffPost Spain, although its unclear exactly when or where they were made.
The army has been pressed into service to disinfect retirement residences nationwide after workers reportedly were instructed to leave bodies in place until a doctor arrives. AFP notes that the soaring death rate can mean bodies are left unattended for some time .
More than 35,000 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Spain, where it has killed more than 2,600 people. The number of deaths in Spain, where a national lockdown is in place, is now rising quicker than any other country has previously experienced.
Rest homes have been particularly hard hit by the spread of the virus, with at least 19 residents at one establishment in the capital Madrid reportedly dying after becoming infected.
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Madrids municipal funeral home, meanwhile, has stopped collecting victims of the outbreak because of a lack of specialist equipment. A city ice rink has been converted into a morgue.
The Spanish army's Military Emergency Unit has begun transferring the bodies of coronavirus victims to the city's ice rink and guarding them until they can be collected for burial or cremation. https://t.co/KXC8Gvuhfx
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