Overview

• Carlos Mur, Javier Peromingo, and Antonio Burgueño, former officials of the Madrid regional government, will testify as part of an investigation into care home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The reopened case examines controversial protocols that restricted hospital transfers for elderly residents in March and April 2020, allegedly to prevent hospital overcrowding.
• The protocols are linked to 7,291 deaths in Madrid care homes, part of the 35,000 total care home deaths across Spain during the pandemic.
• Victims' families, supported by advocacy groups, have filed collective complaints and are demanding accountability, with hopes of implicating higher-ranking officials, including President Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
• A demonstration organized by victims' associations is planned outside the Madrid court where the officials will testify on Monday.