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
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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.