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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMontana's attorney general went rogue and sent a state trooper into a hospital after doctors refused
to give a COVID-19 patient ivermectin, official saysWhen a Montana hospital refused to treat an 82-year-old COVID-19 patient with the drug ivermectin earlier this month, a state trooper showed up and doctors got "harassed and threatened" by three different public officials, the hospital told local media outlets.
A county official told Insider that the Montana Highway Patrol trooper had been dispatched by the state's attorney general - who had no authority to do so.
The patient at the center of the dispute had been admitted to St. Peter's Health in Helena in mid-October, and was put on a treatment plan that was "not working," according to a Facebook post from the Montana Federation of Republican Women.
The post added that the patient requested a prescription for ivermectin, but was denied by the hospital. When she obtained a prescription from an outside doctor, the hospital told her she would have to check out if she wanted to take it, the post said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/montanas-attorney-general-went-rogue-and-sent-a-state-trooper-into-a-hospital-after-doctors-refused-to-give-a-covid-19-patient-ivermectin-official-says/ar-AAPZ5ZG
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)performing for the cult - fucking DISGUSTING
Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)He's out to impress the Montana division of Y'all Qeada, if anyone.
RVN VET71
(2,691 posts)Scumbag fascist did this to make political points with the head fascist and his fascist followers.
There, and TY.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)are so because of something the stupidest person on earth said.
Amazing, isn't it.
MiniMe
(21,716 posts)Response to MiniMe (Reply #2)
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bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)msongs
(67,413 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)These people are ridiculous
dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)thenelm1
(854 posts)Sure, some outside doc, presumably with no admitting or staff privilege's to the facility, prescribed the de-wormer, but how is such a thing in any way above board? Or accepted medical practice? Did the doc know the patient, or the circumstances of her illness? If not, that's as bad, if not worse, than the "without a license" scenario. When does the AMA or other physician licensing boards start hammering these quacks and revoking licenses to practice? (I worked in a hospital for many years and the background work/checks for a doc to get admitting or staff privilege's to the facility were really stringent.)
LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)I really feel sorry for the Librulz and rational people in that state - and there are plenty.
There's also plenty that are fleeing.
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)I'll be one the ones who flee, next spring.
It isn't safe to live here anymore.
stopdiggin
(11,314 posts)aren't there supervisors and chain of command?
Sgent
(5,857 posts)but if Merrick Garland gives a command to an FBI field agent it is valid. Same as the Sec Navy or Defense giving a command to a Marine.
stopdiggin
(11,314 posts)wouldn't I be thinking, "Gee .. maybe I ought to call somebody .." Supervisor, union rep.?
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)he could use the Trooper as "muscle".
Gianforte is a Mini-Trump, and Trump wanted to run America like a Mob Boss.
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)That mfer is a mini me 45 with actual billion$ and is a real christofascist with a lot more smarts than tfg.
He wants to be the next big thing.
niyad
(113,325 posts)Thats him. Hes a fucking thug.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)Open up that bed for someone who needed it and was not a fool
ZonkerHarris
(24,228 posts)Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)aquamarina
(1,865 posts)If they dont like science based medicine then they should open their own damn hospitals and staff them with their preferred Facebook doctors.
dlk
(11,566 posts)How times have changed!
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)if the patient had the COVID vaccine or not. If no, then what the hell are they doing in the hospital in the first place, since they clearly don't trust medicine to help them?
If they had the vaccine then why the hell do they want sheep dip in a human hospital?
If it were at all legal or responsible, hospitals should just refuse treating these fucking doorknobs, and give them directions to the nearest feed store.
I'm sick to death of these type of stories and the assholes who cause them. It pisses me off that I have to share the planet with stupid shits like this.
LaMouffette
(2,035 posts)in the nation per capita for the Trump virus. Or maybe second to worst after Alaska.
I ordered a pizza for pickup at a nearby bar tonight. I waited until I knew the pizza had to be ready for me, masked up, and went inside, practically holding my breath. No one else in the bar had a mask on, except for one other soul who was also there to pickup a to-go order.
Only my love for pizza kept me from racing back out the door. When I got home, I nuked the slice of pizza I was going to eat, just to be certain it was free of Covid.
I just don't understand how people here can be so lah-dee-dah about the pandemic, when it's as bad here in MT as it ever was, worse even.
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)I see few people with masks, although a few more since they went back to remote learning in the local school district, but fewer as the days go by, when I go out that is.
A couple high schoolers coughed at me the other day as I exited a business. I just casually looked at them and said, "I hope you get sick, assholes" and went to my car.
I am getting a divorce from Montana in the near future. I love this place but I can't watch its decline any longer.
LaMouffette
(2,035 posts)Every time I drive by a wretched, broken-down trailer with a "TRUMP 2024" banner hanging in the front yard, my heart dies a little bit.
Still, I feel like Montana needs all the sane people it can get, so for now, we're staying.
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)struggle with it but I don't feel safe here anymore for most of the same reasons I left Idaho. It just isn't going to be a place I can live while I watch the landscape turn into tourism gone awry in every nook and cranny. If it isn't the tourists all over on their ATVs, it's the trophy home owners. They seem to think nobody was here until they showed up.
struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)call the attorney general!"
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)If they cave into this b.s. They know they need to allow the doctors the professional agency these morons won't.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)And the AG should lose his license to practice law. The hospital should get an award for medical competence and the patient should sort out their funeral plans.