Texas doctor suspended, banned from giving ivermectin to critically ill COVID patient

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I have treated more than 2000 COVID-19 patients, including many with comorbidities, and none of these patients have required hospitalization

said Dr. Mary Bowden, who was suspended from a Texas hospital after promoting ivermectin as a COVID treatment.



Dr. Mary BowdenYouTube screenshot / KHOU 11

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Raymond
Wolfe

Tue 23 Nov 2021 - 22:18 hrs EST

HOUSTON (LifeSiteNews) – A Houston doctor resigned from one of Texas’ largest hospitals after being suspended for backing ivermectin as a COVID treatment and denouncing vaccine mandates.
Dr. Mary Bowden, a private-practice ear, nose, and throat doctor trained at the Medical College of Georgia, was temporarily suspended from Houston Methodist earlier this month after repeatedly speaking out about the benefits of ivermectin for COVID patients. Bowden has said that she has treated 2,000 people for COVID-19, in some cases using the drug, and that none of her patients have been hospitalized.

Ivermectin might not be as deadly as everyone said it was. Speak up! https://t.co/r9Ac5zFSvo

— Mary Talley Bowden MD (@MdBreathe) 10 November 2021

Bowden has also criticized COVID vaccine mandates and announced in a recent post that she is “shifting my practice focus to treating the unvaccinated.”
Houston Methodist said in a November 12 Twitter thread that Bowden’s opinions “are harmful to the community” and referred to them as “dangerous misinformation which is not based in science.”

Dr. Bowden, who was informed about her suspension by a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, resigned last Monday. In a letter explaining the move, she said that Houston Methodist’s accusations that she spread “dangerous misinformation” are “false and defamatory.”

She writes

During the past two years, I have worked hard to provide early treatment for victims of COVID-19. My efforts have been successful. I have treated more than 2,000 COVID-19 patients, including many with comorbidities, and none of these patients have required hospitalization. This is a testament to the success of my treatment methods

I do not spread misinformation, and my opinions are supported by science. There is substantial evidence for the efficacy of ivermectin in treating COVID-19 and no evidence for serious or fatal side effects associated with the doses used to treat for COVID-19.

She added that many of her patients have used the drug with other therapies as part of successful recovery regimens.

I believe that if more physicians had focused on early treatment, many COVID-related deaths and hospitalizations could have been prevented