The family of a woman who died after a hospital refused to treat her COVID-19 with ivermectin, despite a prescription by her doctor, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Scott Mantel, whose wife, Deborah Bucko, died on May 16, 2021, from complications of COVID-19 while in the care of Mount Sinai Hospital, filed the lawsuit in September, alleging that the hospital “repeatedly interfered with the doctor-patient relationship between Ms. Bucko and the infectious disease attending physician overseeing her treatment, specifically, by knowingly and deliberately impeding the doctor’s orders to treat Ms. Bucko with the potentially life-saving medication ivermectin, thereby depriving Ms. Bucko of a substantial chance of recovery and cure.” The hospital did not return a request for comment.
