ILLINOIS: p4 UPDATE: Woman Dead!Judge denies ivermectin treatment for Elgin couple in ICU!

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An Elgin couple remained in an intensive care unit in Elgin battling COVID-19 on Monday, days after a Kane County judge denied a motion to allow them to receive the controversial drug ivermectin.

Attorney Patrick Walsh filed an emergency motion Dec. 15 on behalf of Elgin Maria and Sebastian Abbinanti. The couple's doctor and family members believe ivermectin, which has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a COVID-19 treatment, could help them.

On Friday, Kane County Judge Robert Villa denied the temporary order that would have green-lit access to the drug.

Walsh then filed an expedited appeal. The hospital has two days to respond to the appeal, and then the court will rule within five days after that.

Meanwhile, the couple's family continues to plead with administrators at Amita Health St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin to allow their treating physician, Dr. Sergei Lipov, to administer the medication.

Ivermectin is a drug approved for human use to treat parasites, head lice and skin conditions such as rosacea. The Food and Drug Administration, however, has not authorized the drug as a COVID-19 treatment.

"We are desperately trying to keep these two alive for their children's sake," Maria Abbinanti's aunt Maria Faso said in a phone interview Sunday.

Sebastian Abbinanti, 41, was admitted into the hospital Nov. 26. He was transferred to the ICU on Dec. 2, according to court records.



[link to www.dailyherald.com]

EDIT: Thanks AC!



Last Edited by TWash on 12/22/2021 08:17 PM