Delaware hospital doesn't have to give patient ivermectin

[struggle4progress]

Hannah Edelman
Delaware News Journal

A judge denied an injunction on Thursday that would force ChristianaCare to use ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug, to treat a patient with COVID-19.

Mary Ellen DeMarco, whose 54-year-old husband, David, was admitted to Wilmington Hospital with severe COVID-19 symptoms earlier this month, testified Thursday that her husband should have the right to take ivermectin, “especially at this stage of his life which may end soon.”

ChristianaCare denied the couple’s request, as ivermectin is not a part of the system’s standardized COVID-19 response plan ...

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2021/09/23/judge-sides-christianacare-denying-ivermectin-covid-patient-delaware/5825842001/

[Timewas]

1. Maybe

If she pulled him out of the hospital she could do that and make a bed available

[wcmagumba]

2. Can't she just check him out of the icu and give him the horse wormer herself...

if she feels so strongly about off the street treatments? Then take him to the local voodoo priestess for further help... but not really...

[Binkie The Clown]

3. The wording of the law should be...

1) Ivermectin may only be administered by a veterinarian, and 2) veterinarians may not administer any drug to a human. That way M.D.s are legally completely off the hook regardless of what a deranged patient might demand.

The law probably already says something similar to that, but just saying...

[Sucha NastyWoman]

5. I bought 8 boxes of Ivermectin this weekend from my vet.

That makes a one year supply of heart worm medicine (Tri-Heart) for my 4 dogs.

The price per box was $35.00 compared to $25.00 two years ago.

[Eugene]

7. Ivermectin has legitimate anti-parasitic uses for humans (e.g. lice, scabies, river blindness, etc.)

However, using the animal paste on humans is quackery.

It is the medical professional's job to know better than the patient. Helping a patient to harm themself is unethical, at the very least.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. WHY IS HE EVEN IN THE HOSPITAL??

I wouldn't trust a Doctor any more than I'd trust a Covid vaccine.

She would be much better off taking him home, and getting advice on treatment off Facebook.

[struggle4progress]

6. I know! She has so many options!

She could give him bleach injections! She could feed him malaria pills and horse de-wormer! She could add betadine to his drinks! She could let him breath hydrogen peroxide from a nebulizer! While she's at it, she could take out a six-figure life insurance policy on him!

[SoCalDavidS]

8. I Can Imagine The Conversation

I know you're a Doctor and went to Medical School and stuff.

But Tucker says that this shit works, so you better give it to my unvaccinated husband, otherwise you'll be responsible for his death.