NY Hospitals Giving Very Ill Coronavirus Patients Huge Amounts of Vitamin C: Doctor

NY Hospitals Giving Very Ill Coronavirus Patients Huge Amounts of Vitamin C: Doctor
A patient is treated by a doctor at a Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Cremona, near Milan, Italy, on March 20, 2020. Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Very ill coronavirus patients in New York state are being given a large dose of vitamin C, according to a doctor and a spokesperson for a local hospital network.

Dr. Andrew G. Weber, a pulmonologist and critical-care specialist affiliated with Long Island’s Northwell Health facilities, said intensive-care patients with the CCP virus are given 1,500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C at the outset.

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