Ivermectin Treatment Order Overturned by Pennsylvania Court

A Pennsylvania trial judge improperly ordered a hospital to provide ivermectin treatment for a elderly patient dying of Covid-19, an appeals court in the state said.

Judges aren’t doctors, and there is no legal authority for orders compelling health-care providers to administer treatments that are contrary to their professional judgment and outside the standard of care, the Pennsylvania Superior Court said.

This is one of several cases throughout the country to put doctors’ professional judgment ahead of patients’ or their representatives’ wishes when it comes to treating Covid-19. State courts in Wisconsin, Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Delaware ...