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   The Spanish military has found older residents of some care   
   homes "completely abandoned" and even "dead in their beds,"   
   Defense Minister Margarita Robles said in a television interview   
   on Monday.   
      
   They were found as soldiers disinfected and provided emergency   
   health care services this week to residential homes across the   
   country. Robles did not give an exact figure for the number of   
   dead bodies found by Spanish soldiers.   
      
   With more than 39,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,800   
   deaths as of Tuesday, Spain is the second hardest-hit country in   
   Europe.   
      
   On Tuesday, 514 new deaths were registered in a 24-hour period,   
   the worst increase since the outbreak began. Retirement homes   
   have been particularly affected.   
      
   Last week, one privately owned home in Madrid reported 20 deaths   
   and 75 infections, claiming it didn't have adequate material to   
   take care of the sick residents and dead bodies.   
      
   While the usual protocol in Spanish nursing homes is to put the   
   body of a deceased person in cold storage until a funeral   
   service picks it up, bodies are now being left in beds until   
   properly equipped staff can remove them.   
      
   Speaking in a television interview, Robles said staff in some   
   centers had left the nursing homes after cases of COVID-19 were   
   detected. Residents were abandoned to take care of themselves,   
   even though some were sick and in serious condition.   
      
   The defense minister said the government will take action   
   against those responsible. "We will be completely relentless and   
   forceful with the kind of treatment elderly residents receive in   
   these centers," Robles said. "I know that a vast majority [of   
   centers] are fulfilling their obligations."   
      
   Meanwhile, Spanish prosecutors have launched an investigation   
   into the incidents. In Spain, around 19% of the population is   
   older than 65; the country has one of the longest life   
   expectancies in the world.   
      
   Health Minister Salvador Illa said residential care homes are "a   
   high priority during this time" for the Spanish government, and   
   it will exert "maximum control" over these centers.   
      
   Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for the nationalization   
   of all privately owned nursing homes, just as he had previously   
   called for the nationalization of private hospitals, to help   
   ensure better access as well as adequate staff and equipment.   
   Over the weekend, Spain's Defense Ministry made thousands of   
   phone calls to seniors living alone or in vulnerable situations   
   to assess their health.   
      
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