The Provincial Court of Madrid has ordered the Court of Instruction number 50 to reopen a case to investigate whether the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and two of her advisors during the pandemic have any criminal responsibility in the death of seven elderly people. in a residence in Ciudad Lineal as they were not referred to the hospital.
This is stated in an order issued on October 25 in which, after the court dismissed the complaint of seven families, who appealed to the Provincial Court, it is ordered to investigate whether there are indications of criminality in the decisions of Ayuso and his former advisors, that of Health, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, and that of Justice and Interior, Enrique López.
Specifically, this case refers to seven residents of the Amavir Ciudad Lineal center who died without having been transferred to the Ramón y Cajal Hospital and, furthermore, without having received health care at the center itself, after applying the indications of the non-referral protocol. Madrid's community.
In this sense, in a statement, Marea de Residencias has highlighted that the procedures that were requested “come to reinforce what refers to the decisions made to refer/not refer residents to hospital centers in direct relation to the protocols approved by the Community. of Madrid and the technical and health resources that the residences had.”
As established in the order, it is estimated that “the investigation should have continued and mainly on the statement of those responsible for the protocols, as well as that of the former counselor of social policies, and the director of Public Health of the Community of Madrid, Yolanda Fuentes ”.
This is the second time that the Provincial Court orders a court to reopen a case to determine whether there is political responsibility of senior officials of the regional government in the deaths of residents during the pandemic.
Specifically, a court in Collado Villalba is also investigating Ayuso, Escudero and Enrique López, after the procedure that was carried out and in which the former Minister of Social Policies, Alberto Reyero, and the former director general of socio-health coordination of the Community of Madrid, Carlos Mur.
