Morirán de forma indigna

In the Community of Madrid, thousands of elderly people died in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The figure could have been lower if controversial protocols had not been applied that prevented many residents from accessing hospitals and sentenced them to death in undignified conditions. During those terrible weeks, Alberto Reyero Zubiri -then the Minister of Social Policies and, therefore, the highest authority in the region's residences- was screaming for help and denouncing the dramatic consequences of these protocols. But his colleagues in the Government, from the Popular Party, ignored him. In this book, the former councilor performs a voluntary exercise of accountability and recounts the inside story of how those decisions were made. They will die unworthily is not only a political document of the highest order on a historical episode that still bleeds, but also looks towards the future and the dangers that will come if we continue to ignore our responsibilities.