Thu Nov 18, 2021 – 11:11 am EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – After filing a complaint in the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk, Virginia on November 9, Paul Marik, MD, one of the most highly published critical care physicians in the world and the Director of the ICU at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital will be given his day in court.
The hearing set for Thursday, November 18, could lead to the reinstatement of several treatments that are currently banned by the Sentara Healthcare System.
“It’s shocking that physicians aren’t being allowed to practice medicine,” said Children’s Health Defense (CHD) president and general counsel Mary Holland. “The restrictions on doctors are unethical and costing people their lives.”
Marik was recently told by Sentara Healthcare that he could no longer administer a range of highly effective COVID-19 treatments to critically ill patients — the same treatments he has successfully used to reduce COVID deaths in the ICU by as much as 50%. The result of the prohibition has been a sharp increase in patient mortality.
Because Dr. Marik can no longer stand by while patients needlessly die without proper treatment, he filed a lawsuit to allow him
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