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Montana county health officer resigns to ease conflict
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Montana county health officer resigns to ease conflict
AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press 19 hrs ago
HELENA — The public health officer in a politically conservative county in northwestern Montana has resigned his post to ease what his resignation letter called "the strife and conflict coming from a minority of people objecting" to his recommendations in responding to the coronavirus.
Nick Lawyer, a physician's assistant at the hospital in Plains, said he submitted his letter of resignation on Friday at the request of Sanders County Commissioners. He released a copy of the letter on social media. Two commissioners said he offered to resign and they accepted it.
His resignation came two days after Gerald "Frenchy" Cuvillier called Lawyer a "petty tyrant," during a meeting of the county commissioners and said Lawyer's "rules of protocol just cost my wife her life."
Cuvillier complained his wife was not given the anti-parasitic medication ivermectin, or the malaria treatment hydroxychloroquine and wasn't treated with monoclonal antibodies. If she had, "she would be alive and well today," Cuvillier said. ... "I had to watch her die slowly and in agony," he said. ... When he finished, Cuvillier threw his letter on the floor and walked out, Commissioner Anthony Cox said Monday.
Neither ivermectin nor hydroxychloroquine are approved to treat or prevent COVID-19.
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Montana has reported 1,887 deaths due to COVID-19, including at least 80 in September. At least 358 people were hospitalized Monday and some hospitals have requested and received help from the National Guard.
Montana county health officer resigns to ease conflict
AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press 19 hrs ago
HELENA — The public health officer in a politically conservative county in northwestern Montana has resigned his post to ease what his resignation letter called "the strife and conflict coming from a minority of people objecting" to his recommendations in responding to the coronavirus.
Nick Lawyer, a physician's assistant at the hospital in Plains, said he submitted his letter of resignation on Friday at the request of Sanders County Commissioners. He released a copy of the letter on social media. Two commissioners said he offered to resign and they accepted it.
His resignation came two days after Gerald "Frenchy" Cuvillier called Lawyer a "petty tyrant," during a meeting of the county commissioners and said Lawyer's "rules of protocol just cost my wife her life."
Cuvillier complained his wife was not given the anti-parasitic medication ivermectin, or the malaria treatment hydroxychloroquine and wasn't treated with monoclonal antibodies. If she had, "she would be alive and well today," Cuvillier said. ... "I had to watch her die slowly and in agony," he said. ... When he finished, Cuvillier threw his letter on the floor and walked out, Commissioner Anthony Cox said Monday.
Neither ivermectin nor hydroxychloroquine are approved to treat or prevent COVID-19.
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Montana has reported 1,887 deaths due to COVID-19, including at least 80 in September. At least 358 people were hospitalized Monday and some hospitals have requested and received help from the National Guard.
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