Montana's attorney general went rogue and sent a state trooper into a hospital after doctors refused

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

to give a COVID-19 patient ivermectin, official says

When 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]

1. Scumbag did this to make political points with the fascist and his followers.

[Skittles]

3. that's all it ever is

performing for the cult - fucking DISGUSTING

[Ford_Prefect]

20. He's a full on, dues paid up member of the Local Death Cult.

He's out to impress the Montana division of Y'all Qeada, if anyone.

[RVN VET71]

30. Slight correction needed here:

Scumbag fascist did this to make political points with the head fascist and his fascist followers.

There, and TY.

[Eliot Rosewater]

34. Yes, just like EVERY anti vax anti mask person out there other than a handful

are so because of something the stupidest person on earth said.

Amazing, isn't it.

[MiniMe]

2. Politicians need to stop practicing medicine

[bronxiteforever]

7. +100 Absolutely

[msongs]

4. check out and go somewhere else is the correct response nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. Check in to fucking Farm and Fleet

These people are ridiculous

[dixiechiken1]

15. Best response I've seen to this BS. 👆👆👆

[thenelm1]

22. Do the words "practicing medicine without a license" have any meaning to these twits?

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]

23. I would suggest they all check in at Maralago

[SheltieLover]

6. Wiiiiillllburrrr

[maxsolomon]

8. Gianforte is pushing Montana off the ledge. His bullying gives other Cons a license to bully, too.

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]

13. Yup...

I'll be one the ones who flee, next spring.

It isn't safe to live here anymore.

[stopdiggin]

9. since when do state troopers take their assignments from the AG?

aren't there supervisors and chain of command?

[Sgent]

11. Depends on the state

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]

16. yeah - but if I'm that trooper

wouldn't I be thinking, "Gee .. maybe I ought to call somebody .." Supervisor, union rep.?

[maxsolomon]

12. Probably a personal relationship that made the AG think

he could use the Trooper as "muscle".

Gianforte is a Mini-Trump, and Trump wanted to run America like a Mob Boss.

[2naSalit]

14. And do beware...

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]

21. Isn't gianforte the guy who punched a reporter?

[Grasswire2]

24. yes nt

[MontanaMama]

26. Yup.

That’s him. He’s a fucking thug.

[rpannier]

17. If she wanted it that badly, she could have checked out

Open up that bed for someone who needed it and was not a fool

[ZonkerHarris]

18. Freedom of choice that they always scream for right there. Get out and stay out.

[Snarkoleptic]

19. Seems legit.

[aquamarina]

25. Fuck all these idiots l.

If they don’t like science based medicine then they should open their own damn hospitals and staff them with their preferred Facebook doctors.

[dlk]

27. Practicing medicine without a license used to be illegal

How times have changed!

[SergeStorms]

28. I'd like to know....

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]

29. Ah, yes, another "stable" genius. It is no wonder that here in Montana we are now the worst

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]

32. Amazing isn't it?

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]

33. I'm sorry to hear (read) that you're leaving Montana, 2naSalit, but I don't blame you.

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]

35. I truly do...

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]

31. "Please give my husband potassium cyanide to help him recover! Don't make me

call the attorney general!"

[lindysalsagal]

36. Judges should realize that they'll be making medical decisions

If they cave into this b.s. They know they need to allow the doctors the professional agency these morons won't.

[BlueIdaho]

37. So the trooper should lose his badge

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.