Hospital Can’t Be Forced to Administer Ivermectin to COVID-19 Patient: Judge

Hospital Can’t Be Forced to Administer Ivermectin to COVID-19 Patient: Judge
A healthcare worker holds a bottle of ivermectin in Colombia on July 21, 2020. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A judge in Ohio on Monday said a hospital can’t be forced to give ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient, a reversal of a previous order.

The wife of Jeffrey Smith, a 51-year-old being treated in West Chester Hospital since mid-July, did not provide “clear and convincing evidence” to support her lawsuit against the hospital, Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Oster Jr. ruled.

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