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Judge won't order hospital to give ivermectin to patient - Associated Press
Sep 24, 2021 58 secs
(AP) — A Delaware judge has refused to order a hospital to administer the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to a man who is seriously ill with COVID-19.

“While ivermectin has been approved as safe and effective to treat human parasitic infections, and so is distinct from a wholly unapproved new drug, DeMarco still has no right to compel its use to treat COVID-19 outside the standard of care,” Zurn wrote.

Mary Ellen DeMarco discussed ivermectin with hospital staff, including her husband’s treatment team and patient advocacy, but the hospital refused to treat DeMarco with it.

In February, the National Institutes of Health said that there was insufficient evidence for its COVID-19 treatment guidelines panel to recommend “either for or against” the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19.

In that context, Zurn concluded that, under the present standard of care, health care providers have no duty to administer ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient.

She also noted that the “right of self-determination” in the health care setting allows a person to accept or refuse treatment, but that there is no legal authority granting the right to compel a particular treatment outside the standard of care.

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