dantheclamman@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 15 hours agoOhio Senate passes measure forcing hospitals to administer ivermectin, other patient-requested treatmentsthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkOhio Senate passes measure forcing hospitals to administer ivermectin, other patient-requested treatmentsthehill.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-213 hours agoThis law doesn’t really restrict what doctors do. If anything it gives doctors more power. It restricts hospitals and pharmacies, basically preventing them from vetoing prescriptions from idiot doctors.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 hours agoHonestly that’s worse because pharmacists catch a lot of doctor screw ups.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoThey can still catch screw ups (check to confirm if the doctor really wants something). But if the doctor insists that they want it, then the hospital/pharmacy has to provide it.
This law doesn’t really restrict what doctors do. If anything it gives doctors more power.
It restricts hospitals and pharmacies, basically preventing them from vetoing prescriptions from idiot doctors.
Honestly that’s worse because pharmacists catch a lot of doctor screw ups.
They can still catch screw ups (check to confirm if the doctor really wants something). But if the doctor insists that they want it, then the hospital/pharmacy has to provide it.