New York Health Commissioner Defends Use of COVID-19 Drug Cocktail at State-Run Veterans Nursing Home
Share this story
Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY
New York’s chief physician deflected blame and side-stepped questions Thursday about the state’s handling of the pandemic in nursing homes including queries about use of an unproven COVID-19 treatment administered at a state-run nursing home in Queens.
Dr. Howard Zucker provided the fullest state response yet to a report by THE CITY, Columbia Journalism Investigations and Type Investigations that found at least 62 residents of the New York State Veterans’ Home at St. Albans were given hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin last spring despite risks documented by federal authorities yearsbefore the pandemic.
NY lawmaker calls for hearings into COVID-19 nursing home deaths dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NYC nursing home accused of giving veteran patients experimental virus drugs
St. Albans treated patients with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 even though some did not have the virus
Loading the player.
A nursing home in New York is under scrutiny for giving veteran patients experimental drugs to treat COVID-19 while some families had no knowledge of the decision.
New York State Veterans’ Home at St. Albans in Jamaica, N.Y. has been serving veterans and their families since 1993 but may have done more harm than good,
The Cityreported. The state allowed all 613 nursing homes the right to administer a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat COVID-19 to their patients.