A 74-year-old man battled his COVID infection for almost a month and was put on a ventilator. Pete Lopez's was previously prescribed IVM at a VA hospital, but was admitted before he was able to take it. The family won a court order against Memorial Hermann in Sugar Land, Texas to treat him with IVM but the hospital refused to administer the drug. And so, Lopez died.
Pennsylvania case
Keith Smith age 52 was on a ventilator in a medically induced coma from COVID. His wife got a complicated court order to force the hospital to give IVM; but there were two frustrating days of lawyers negotiating its implementation. The brief order denied the request for an emergency injunction to force UPMC [hospital] to administer IVM. However, the order directed UPMC to allow the doctor who had prescribed the drug or another physician or registered nurse to administer it under the doctor's "guidance and supervision." Like most situations there was a legal battle. After too long a delay, about a month, Smith, who was getting dialysis treatment received his first dose of IVM. Sadly, he died. IVM works, but if major body organs are devastated with use of the standard protocol, it can be too late for IVM to save the life.
Virginia case
Kathy Davies was hospitalized for several months, including being placed on a ventilator and given remdesivir that has a terrible record compared to IVM. According to attorney Thomas Renz, the death rate for COVID patients prescribed remdesivir (26%) exceeds the fatality rate of COVID patients prescribed ivermectin, which is recorded by the CMS database at 7.2%.
Her family fought for several weeks for her to get IVM. But hospital doctors refused, so the family hired a legal team, and the court hearing the case said the patient had the right to try IVM, if it was prescribed by her doctor. But the hospital blocked the doctor.
The hospital in Warrenton, Virginia, was held in contempt by a court that had authorized the use of IVM treatment for Davies according to a report from Just the News. Fauquier Health was ordered to provide the dose authorized by the court or it could be fined. Supposedly the hospital agreed to comply - following a week of arguing with the court. But it did not.
Next, as the report confirmed, "Judge James. P. Fisher, of the 20th Judicial Court of Virginia, agreed with the arguments presented by the Davies family attorney and ruled to hold the hospital in contempt of court and compel the $10,000 a day fines, which could be applied retroactively. The hospital, at this point, complied and allowed the Ivermectin to be administered to the long-suffering patient."
After 41 days on a ventilator, Kathy received her first dose of IVM and continues receiving it.
Florida Case
In November it was reported that a Florida teacher who drew national attention for trying to get a hospital to administer her IVM died from COVID. Tamara Drock, 47, died 12 weeks after being admitted to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center for treatment. Her husband sued the hospital in an attempt to require it to administer IVM. "If she had walked out of the hospital, she could have had the medication. Every person in Florida has a constitutional right to choose what is done with their own body," he said. A doctor at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center agreed to give Drock IVM, but the family's attorney, Jake Huxtable, said the proposed dosage was too low. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge James Nutt rejected the initial lawsuit. This case brought up the option that has not been widely seen, namely late stage COVID patients leaving the hospital if they could arrange for an independent doctor providing IVM.
Montana and Idaho conflicts
One Montana hospital went into lockdown and called police after a woman threatened violence because her relative was denied IVM. Another Montana hospital accused public officials of threatening and harassing their health care workers for refusing to treat a politically connected COVID patient with IVM or hydroxychloroquine, that 82-year-old patient died. And in neighboring Idaho, police had to be called to a hospital after a COVID patient's relative verbally abused her and threatened physical violence because she would not prescribe IVM or hydroxychloroquine. These three conflicts occurred from September to November.
Several Illinois cases
In May, a DuPage County judge ordered Elmhurst Hospital to allow a comatose COVID patient to receive IVM after none of its physicians agreed to administer it. The woman's daughter said she improved and ultimately returned home after an outside doctor gave her the drugs.
A Springfield judge reached a different conclusion, ruling against a woman seeking to force Memorial Medical Center to provide IVM to her 61-year-old husband, who reportedly had been hospitalized with COVID for nearly six weeks.
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