Ohio Judge Forces Hospital to Use Parasite Drug

[RandySF]

An Ohio judge ruled in favor of a woman last week who sought to force a hospital to administer Ivermectin — an animal dewormer that federal regulators have warned against using in COVID-19 patients — to her husband after several weeks in the ICU with the disease, the Ohio Capital Journal reports.



https://politicalwire.com/2021/08/30/ohio-judge-forces-hospital-to-use-parasite-drug-on-patient/

[blueinredohio]

1. That's what kind of dumb asses we have to deal with here.

[MineralMan]

2. Yup. The usual kind of dumbasses.

[we can do it]

36. One more reason I'm glad I left. Good gawd.

[dutch777]

3. Seems grounds to have the judge removed. And puts the docs in a bad place with the medical board if

they do it or in contempt of court if they do not. This seems hard to believe. Just when you think things can't get more crazy.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Yep, didn't need to look it up but I did. Asshole Republican

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/newest-butler-county-judge-take-oath-feb/Wc6tAbfzRFdd3AjyNP8fiL/

[Ocelot II]

5. Direct link to original article:

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/08/30/judge-orders-cinci-hospital-to-treat-covid-19-patient-with-ivermectin-despite-cdc-warnings/

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

6. These are the same people

These are the same people who refuse to get the vaccine because they say it’s unsafe m, but will shove everything else on their bodies that their conservative bubble tells them to

[Caliman73]

31. These are the same people who say that mask mandates are akin to Nazism.

You can't make this up. A judge, who knows nothing about medicine, is forcing medical staff, to give a drug contraindicated by all medical science, to a patient.

And in Texas, you can sue anyone at anytime, with no legal penalties, if you think that they are performing or receiving an abortion, a completely medically validated procedure of the patient's choosing. But yes, liberals are the Nazis because we want people to cover their mouths when in public to curtail the spread of a disease that has already killed more then 620,000 people in the US in the course of 18 months.

[sop]

7. The doctor would be violating his Hippocratic Oath.

What insanity will these imbeciles come up with next? Bloodletting? Trepanation? Leeches?

[csziggy]

20. No, the couple found a GQP doctor who prescribed ivermectin

But the hospital refused to dispense it, so the idiot wife sued the hospital to force them to administer it. Apparently, the hospital didn't even send an attorney to the hearing to resist.

Judge orders Cinci hospital to treat COVID-19 patient with Ivermectin, despite CDC warnings
Doc calls Ivermectin’s advocates “snake oil salesmen”
By: Jake Zuckerman - August 30, 2021 1:00 am

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Julie Smith found Ivermectin on her own and connected with Dr. Fred Wagshul, an Ohio physician who her lawsuit identifies as “one of the foremost experts on using Ivermectin in treating COVID-19.” He prescribed the drug, and the hospital refused to administer it.

A hospital spokeswoman said she can’t comment on litigation and federal patient privacy laws prevent her from commenting on any specifics of patient care.

Smith is represented by New York attorney Ralph Lorigo, the chairman of New York’s Erie County Conservative Party, who has successfully filed one similar case against a Chicago area hospital and two more in Buffalo. He did not respond to an email or phone call.

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It’s unclear why the hospital didn’t mount any defense under a new law passed in the state budget this summer that grants health care providers the “freedom to decline to perform” any service which violates their “conscience,” as informed by moral, ethical or religious beliefs.

More: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/08/30/judge-orders-cinci-hospital-to-treat-covid-19-patient-with-ivermectin-despite-cdc-warnings/

[sop]

27. The FDA recently advised:

“Using any treatment for COVID-19 that’s not approved or authorized by the FDA, unless part of a clinical trial, can cause serious harm." Any quack who prescribes Ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19 is violating his/her Hippocratic oath to "do no harm."

[PortTack]

28. Exactly! Any physician or nurse administering the drug is libel regardless of what a judge orders

This is how it works and has always worked. If a physician orders the wrong drug, the wrong dose and a nurse gives it, the nurse is every bit as guilty as the physician. The judge is way out of bounds. Any doctor or nurse refusing to give it are well within their rights and are doing the right thing...protecting their patient REGARDLESS!

[WHITT]

8. Ah

Isn't this practicing medicine without a license?

[maxsolomon]

16. It was prescribed by a doctor she found online

"Julie Smith found Ivermectin on her own and connected with Dr. Fred Wagshul, an Ohio physician who her lawsuit identifies as “one of the foremost experts on using Ivermectin in treating COVID-19.” He prescribed the drug, and the hospital refused to administer it."

The Judge is enforcing the prescription, I guess.

[WHITT]

32. But

It's not prescribed for viral infections, let alone covid, so it's not legal.

[Mister Ed]

34. Let the GOP doctor who prescribed it administer it, then. n/t

[spanone]

9. Good to know that judges are now making medical decisions....and the absolutely wrong ones

[elias7]

10. This decision makes no sense

A non-medical person forcing those whose licensure depends on doing no harm, to administer a drug that has no proven efficacy and may be harmful to a patient. And what would be the consequences if medical personnel refuse? Can you imagine a doctor or hospital being held liable for not administering a non-indicated medication? This person cannot be a judge.

[lagomorph777]

12. Should be disbarred, disrobed, and defrocked.

[Polly Hennessey]

13. And deboned, for good measure.

[lagomorph777]

14. +1

[NameAlreadyTaken]

22. Deglazed too.

[PortTack]

29. There would be no real consequences to anyone refusing to give the drug

If they give the drug and the patient claims damage...no matter how inconsequential, they will find themselves without license and facing criminal charges.

[Hekate]

11. The world is full of idiots

[maxsolomon]

15. Ah, the exurbs of Cincinnati...

"Julie Smith filed the lawsuit on behalf of her husband of 24 years. He tested positive for COVID-19 July 9, was hospitalized and admitted to the ICU July 15, and was sedated and intubated and placed on a ventilator Aug. 1. He later developed a secondary infection he’s still wrestling with as of Aug. 23, court records say."

A real doctor prescribed it, so I guess give it to the dude. He's been in the ICU over a month; can it really harm him at this point? It probably can, but would anyone be able to tell?

[Historic NY]

17. How can a Judge force a hospital to use a drug not for that specific purpose...

Does that mean he studied this or went on the whims of a complainant. What happens when the patient croaks, will the hospital be sued? Does this mean I can ask a court for any drug I want, including illicit ones for pain?

[sarcasmo]

18. We're living the real version of the movie Idiocracy.

[Aristus]

19. I'd tell that judge to kiss my ass, show me his medical license, or both.

Dipshit...

[ScratchCat]

21. I'm sorry, but the order has no force of law

Its a complete joke. I don't care what anyone says. Nobody at that hospital has to administer that drug and the judge can't force anyone to. It doesn't matter that she found someone online. The husband isn't being treated by the quack online while in the hospital.

[GoodRaisin]

23. Any judge that would do this needs to be recalled immediately. nt

[WHITT]

33. Call It

Remove The Quack From The Bench!

[NameAlreadyTaken]

24. Is there one covid patient anywhere who was cured by ivermectin?

[Thunderbeast]

25. If the internet quack doctor does not have hospital privileges...

...how can he order the hospital to administer.

Can a doctor found on the web order hydrochloroquin? Injections of bleach? Shoving bright lights into the colon?

Must the hospital accept prescribers from outside it's circle of admitting physicians?

[Takket]

26. Bet you anything the couple refused the vaccine because it "isn't FDA approved"

[hamsterjill]

30. Will she sue the hospital for wrongful death if her husband dies

After receiving the ivermectin?

I will await an update on the man’s condition.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. This judge is an idiot

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