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Doctors recall the noise of residents struggling to breathe on the morning of March 18, 2020 when the coronavirus first arrived at the San Camilo care home in Madrid. They called from the fourth floor because a woman got sick. The stridor (breathing sound) was so loud you hear from the outside, said Lourdes Iglesias, a doctor at the San Camilo care home. We were starting to treat her when I got a call from the third floor. Then another one on the fourth floor. My heart sank. I said: God this is going so fast, she added.
Then, madness: residents had to be kept in their rooms as much time as possible as the care home s daily activity was completely disrupted.