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The operation to decongest the capital from corpses killed by the coronavirus has been delayed. This past dawn, it was planned to collect dozens of deceased who accumulate in hospitals, residences and even homes to move them to the immense morgue that has been improvised in the Ice Palace.

However, sources familiar with the operation explained that it was canceled when the night was just beginning, to the despair of the staff of the hospital centers. " Beds are being left occupied by corpses that cannot be occupied by the living until they are taken away. There are deaths in rooms and beds in hospital corridors," these sources reported.

The Gregorio Marañón hospital , one of the main ones in Madrid, was one of the fortunate centers because their bodies were collected, but not so on October 12, in which the health personnel, they reported, wept with despair when they saw that they were accumulating at the At least 20 died in their facilities and tonight they were not transported to the Ice Palace. There were also tears in the Marañón, but with joy because they took their dead. These are undoubtedly extreme situations that are putting the nerves of exhausted healthcare personnel to the limit.

This collection operation is being carried out between members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and funeral service workers from Madrid, who this time have left business competition aside to work together. However, the military was ordered to withdraw last night for unknown reasons, so the collection was suspended.

However, there is already a certain number of deaths from Covid-19 that have been transferred to the Ice Palace, in the Madrid district of Hortaleza, to remain there in transition until it can be buried or cremated.

The situation is being very hard for small residences and hospitals, not used to having to keep one or more bodies for so long. And despite everything, the most critical situation is being experienced by the major hospitals in the region, such as Infanta Leonor, San Carlos, Ramón y Cajal or the aforementioned Doce de Octubre. In each of these centers, explained the sources consulted, there are a minimum of 15-20 bodies of people killed by coronavirus waiting to be removed to the Ice Palace.

It is expected that throughout this Wednesday the planned plan can be continued, as well as that in the next few days the necessary material arrives to collect the dead safely, since the shortage of shrouds and other protective material for the workers is increasing and the stock would probably not last more than a few days.

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