Published on: Tuesday, July 27, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) said they are not using the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 patients.
Its president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh said private hospitals have been treating Covid-19 patients since January using treatment protocols that are approved with evidence-based guidelines by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and international medical societies and Ivermectin is not included.
“APHM has consulted most of its 152 members and none of them are currently using the parasitic medication Ivermectin for their Covid-19 patients.
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“The Ministry of Health has some of their hospitals conducting clinical trials on Ivermectin but none of the private hospitals are participating in the trial.
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