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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Judge orders hospital to treat COVID patient with experimental drug

Credit: WKBW Buffalo
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Judge orders hospital to treat COVID patient with experimental drug
Judge orders hospital to treat COVID patient with experimental drug
Judge orders hospital to treat COVID patient with experimental drug

ALL NEW AT SIX: AJUDGE RECENTLYORDERED MILLARDFILLMORESUBURBANHOSPITAL TO GIVE ACOVID-19 PATIENTAN EXPERIMENTALTREATMENT.TONIGHT...SEVENEYEWITNESS NEWSSENIOR REPORTEREILEEN BUCKLEYHAS MORE ON THEDRUG... AND HOW ITMAY HAVE SAVEDTHE LIFE OF AN 80-YEAR OLD WOMAN.THIS IS 80-YEAR-OLDJUDITHSMEMTHIEWICZOF CHEEKTOWAGAWHO'S AT MILLARDFILLMORESUBURBANHOSPITAL INAMHERST WITHCOVID.SHE WAS PLACEDON A VENTILATOR INLATE DECEMBER.INITIALLY DOCTORSGAVE HER ONEDOSE OFCONTROVERSIALDRUG IVERMECTIN, AND SHEIMPROVED.LORIGO.

"WITHIN48 HOURS - SHE'SOFF THEVENTILATOR OUTOF THE ICU ONTOCOVID FLOOR."BUT THEN HCONDITIONWORSENED ANDJUST DAYS AFTERTHE FIRSDOSE...DOCTORSPLACED HER BACKON A VENTILATOR.LORIGO SAYS THEHOSPITAL REFUSEDTO GIVE HER MOREDOSES OF TDRUG.THAT'S WHEN HEDREW UP COURTPAPERS ANDINCLUDED A LETTERFROM THEPATIENT'S DOCTORWHO WROTE HOWSHE IMPROVED"DRAMATICALLY"AFTER THE FIRSTDOSE.STATE SUPREMECOURT JUDGEHENRY NOWAKORDERED THEHOSPITAL TOADMINISTER THEDRUG, BUT THEHOSPITAL INITIALLYREFUSED.LORIGO.

"I SAY TOHIM I'VE GOT ACOURT ORDERWE'VE RELIEVEDYOU OFLIABILITY.MYPEOPLE WILL SIGNA RELEASE AND IGO THROUGH THISTORY OF THISLADY.THEY STILLOBJECT."PEOPLE WILL SIGNA RELEASE AND IGO THROUGH THEHISTORY OF THISLADY.THEY STILLOBJECT."THERE IS DEBATEABOUT USING THEDRUG TO TREATCOVID.THE FDA APPROVEDDRUG IS USEDMOSTLY USED TOTREAT CHILDRENFOR HEAD LICE.BUT IT HAS BEENEFFECTIVE FORSOME COVIDPATIENTS...DR. RUSSO.

"SOMESTUDIES REPORT ABENEFIT SOMESTUDIES DO NOT."INFECTIOUSDISEASE EXPERTDR. THOMAS RUSSOSAYS THE DRUGHAS RECEIVEDSIGNIFICANTATTENTION...DR. RUSSO."IVERMETIC ISBELIEVED TO BOTHANTI-INFLAMMATORYPROPERTIES ANDPOTENTIALLY ANTIVIRAL.

AGAINSTTHE NEW CORNAVIRUS."LORIGO SAYS THEHOSPITAL FINALLYAGREED TO GIVESMEMTHIEWICZTHE DRUG AGAIN...LORIGO.

"AND THEJUDGE FINALLYDECIDES THATLOOK THEFAMILY PHYSICIORDERED IT THEHOSPITAL HAS TOGIVE IT TOHER..THAT'S HIORDER.

AND THEYHAVE TOCONTINUE IT."KALEIDA HEALTHISSUED A WRITTENSTATEMENT SAYING"WE ARE AWARE OFTHIS FAMILY'POSITION.

FEDERALPRIVACY LAWSPREVENT US FROMDISCLOSINGDETAILS ON THEPATIENT'S HOSPITALSTAY.

MOREOVER,AS THIS IS ALSO ALEGAL MATTER, WEWILL NOT COMMENTANY FURTHER."AND RIGHTNOW...DR. RUSSOSAYS THERE IS NOTENOUGH DATA FORTHE NATIONALINSTITUTE OFHEALTH TORECOMMEND.

FORTREATING COVID...BUT LORIGO SAYSSMEMTHIEWICZIS LIVING PROOFTHAT IT WORKS.SHE'S NOW OFF THEVENTILATOR AND ISEXPECTED TO BERELEASED AND WILLHEAD TO REHABSOON.HE SAYS THELESSON HERE ISTHE IMPORTANCEOF HEALTHADVOCACY -- INTHIS CASE FROMFAMILY, HERDOCTOR AND AJUDGE.LORIGO.

"ANDBECAUSE THISWOMAN..IS ALIVETODAY AND ANDON HER WAY TOBEING HEALTHY."EILEEN BUCKLEY, 7EWN.

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