Spanish soldiers disinfecting elder care facilities found the bodies of several residents left in their beds.
Spanish soldiers dispatched to fight the coronavirus outbreak by disinfecting elderly care facilities found the bodies of several residents left in their beds, resulting in a nationwide investigation of such facilities, according to officials.
Spanish authorities said there had been widespread reports of mistreatment and poor conditions at facilities, which caused the government during the weekend to order the army to start disinfecting them. “The army, on some visits, has seen the elderly absolutely abandoned, when not dead, in their beds,” Defense Minister Margarita Robles said in an interview Monday with the television program Telecinco.
Spain’s general prosecutor announced an investigation into ”the alarming situation” of such facilities around the country, but authorities did not say how many bodies had been found. Media reports estimated dozens of cases.
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