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Three Former Madrid Officials to Testify as Defendants in Care‑Home Covid Cases This Week

The reopened probes test whether Madrid’s transfer policies for care‑home residents amounted to discriminatory denial of medical care.

Overview

  • Carlos Mur, Francisco Javier Martínez Peromingo and Pablo Busca Ostalaza are summoned to give statements in two separate courts as investigated parties.
  • Tuesday’s hearing is in Madrid’s Court No. 23 over a complaint tied to the Amavir Valdebernardo residence, with a second session Wednesday in Collado Villalba’s Court No. 2 linked to Sanitas Torrelodones.
  • Judges are examining potential violations under Penal Code article 511 concerning discriminatory denial of healthcare during the first wave of Covid‑19.
  • The proceedings were provisionally shelved and then reopened on April 1 at the request of the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office.
  • Families who filed the complaints cite thousands of deaths in residences and label the measures the “protocols of shame,” while geriatric liaison doctors are also under investigation in related cases.