A medical board in Maine has suspended the license of an MIT-educated doctor and ordered a psychiatric evaluation after she was accuse...
A medical board in Maine has suspended the license of an MIT-educated doctor and ordered a psychiatric evaluation after she was accused of treating some of her patients with Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine and spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
Maine’s Board of Licensure in Medicine voted last week to conduct a deeper investigation into Dr Meryl Nass, from Ellsworth. The board also voted to suspend her license for 30 days and have her undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
The board stated in its January 12 order that allowing Nass to continue practicing medicine 'constitutes an immediate jeopardy to the health and physical safety of the public who might receive her medical services.'
Nass, 70, is an internist who is active in Children’s Health Defense, a group that agitates against vaccines and vaccine mandates.
Dr Meryl Ness, 70, last week had her medical license suspended in Maine for 30 days for allegedly spreading COVID misinformation
The medical board has received at least two complaints that Nass was spreading misinformation about the virus on her blog and on Twitter.
Nass' suspension also stems from treating her COVID-stricken patients with Ivermectin, which is an anti-parasite drug used predominantly on animals, and with Hydroxychloroquine, even though the Food and Drug Administrator had revoked an emergency use authorization for the malaria drug because it may not be effective against the coronovirus.
On December 19, 2021, another doctor informed the Maine board that Nass had diagnosed an unvaccinated patient with COVID over the phone and prescribed to him five days of Ivermectin.
The patient's son later texted Nass, telling her his father was 'borderline delirious. He moans on every exhale and he says says snippers of things that don't make sense at all,' [sic] read the text, which was quoted in Ness' suspension order.
The son informed the internist that both his parents were 'not doing well at all.'
He added: 'My dad's breathing is very shallow and when he tries to breathe deeply he begins to cough violently. I don't see any signs of improvement. When do i need to consider taking him to the ER? Should we be taking more ivermectin?'
In another case, Ness self-reported to the medical board that she had lied to a pharmacist that her patient had Lyme disease in order to obtain Hydroxychloroquine to treat his COVID, saying 'this was the only way to get a potentially life-saving drug for my patient.'
Ness' practice in Ellworth, Maine, is currently closed because of her 30-day suspension
Nass also referred to her conversation with the pharmacist during a Zoom meeting with members of the Maine State Legislature, telling them: 'I lied and said the patient had Lyme disease and so the pharmacist dispended the medication only because I lied...'
The COVID patient, who had multiple comorbidities, ultimately had to be hospitalized and intubated. He was discharged from the hospital 20 days later.
On New Year's Eve, the board received a report from a certified midwife nurse, who informed its members that one of her pregnant patients contracted COVID earlier last year and had been prescribed Hydroxychloroquine by Nass.
Nass, who has degrees from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Mississippi Medical School, has practiced medicine for four decades and in recent years has been increasingly critical about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, including ones for COVID-19.
Nass wrote in a blog post recently that her lawyer predicted she would lose her licenses during the medical board’s meeting, Maine Public reported.
She has also blogged that COVID-19 vaccines are associated with reproductive harm. No recognized medical body has substantiated that claim, which is oft repeated in anti-vaxx circles.
Nass has also described the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a 'criminal agency.'
Nass' medical license is suspended until February 11, pending a yet-to-be scheduled hearing.
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