Ohio judge reverses order for ivermectin to be given to patient

Published September 7, 2021 10:27pm ET



An Ohio judge ruled on Monday that a hospital in the state is no longer bound to honor a woman’s request to treat her COVID-19-stricken husband with ivermectin, the anti-parasitic drug at the center of controversy over treatments for the disease.

Judge Michael Oster reversed the decision of a previous judge who ordered the Ohio hospital, in which Jeffrey Smith is in the intensive care unit, to administer ivermectin at the request of his wife, Julie Smith.

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