With the coronavirus killing thousands at elderly care homes across Spain, some residences remained safe without a single case to report, raising questions about what set them apart.
As criminal prosecutors begin asking questions, the homes that were spared have won plaudits for best practices, including one where the carers never left, staying on site for nearly a month. At the heart of the scandal are 86 care homes that are under investigation following complaints from families or staff.
"We made mistakes," admitted Alberto Reyero, head of social policy for the Madrid region, saying care homes were not "sufficiently prepared", were unable to isolate residents and lacked protective gear and testing kits. Another 20 centres are under investigation in Catalonia, where regional officials say 2,621 people died after testing positive or showing symptoms of COVID-19.
When the residents themselves started getting sick, it was not possible to send many of them to emergency rooms as hospitals were overwhelmed, she said. Two doctors and two nurses are on staff and the centre's 35-year-old director Daniel Agha Rodriguez checks every resident's temperature daily.
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