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Wed Oct 6, 2021, 04:12 PM Oct 2021

Medical professionals fear consequences if ivermectin order upheld

By Amanda Roberts
Published: Oct. 5, 2021 at 11:26 PM EDT
Updated: 4 hours ago

... the patient, 64-year-old Charlette Ratley, died from Covid in August before the hospital had time to respond or administer the drug.

The family petitioned for Ratley’s daughter, a PA, or physician’s assistant, to administer the drug.

The hospital system in documents says Ratley’s daughter did not have clinical privileges at the hospital ...

Attorneys for the hospital continue arguing that the order “could be extended to clinical conditions other than Covid-19 resulting in far-reaching unintended dangerous consequences and precedent” ...

https://www.wtvy.com/2021/10/06/if-judges-ivermectin-order-upheld-medical-professionals-fear-dangerous-consequences-precedent/

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