A coronavirus-infected teacher whose husband sued a Florida hospital for refusing to treat her with ivermectin has died. Tamara Drock, 47, died 12 weeks after being admitted to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Her husband Ryan Drock’s lawsuit against the hospital was rejected last month by Palm Beach County Circuit Judge James Nutt, who ruled that the petitioner had no constitutional right “to demand a particular treatment.”

Tamara was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit in August and treated with Remdesivir, steroids and antibodies. That month, US health regulator Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a fresh warning against the use of ivermectin and other veterinary drugs for treatment or prevention of COVID-19.

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FDA said it had received multiple reports of patients requiring medical support and hospitalisation after self-medicating with ivermectin, a drug it said was “intended for horses.”

Ivermectin has been repurposed as an anti-COVID-19 drug in several countries.

She was placed on a ventilator after her condition worsened a month later.

The lawsuit claimed that Tamara’s condition “significantly worsened” upon being admitted to the ICU, but she was refused treatment with ivermectin “despite the minimal downside and side effects” of the drug.

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The judge urged the Drocks and the hospital to reach an agreement on their own, but the deal fell apart after a doctor agreed to an ivermectin dosage that the family’s attorney said was too low, the Palm Beach Post newspaper reported.

Ryan Drock, who also was infected but recovered from COVID, said he’s not giving up.

“I’m hoping they name a law after her so no one has to go through this,” Drock told the Post. “If she had walked out of the hospital she could have had the medication.”

As of October 17, at least two dozen lawsuits had been filed around the US by people seeking to force hospitals to give COVID patients ivermectin.