The Washington Medical Board has ordered a veteran doctor to undergo re-education classes as punishment for prescribing his patients with ivermectin to treat Covid.
In addition, Dr. Wei-Hsung Lin has been forced to pay a $5000 fine.
Aside from taking medical education classes on approved COVID-19 treatment, Dr. Lin will now be subjected to annual “compliance” reviews because he prescribed ivermectin off-label to five Covid patients.
The Epoch Times reported that Lin prescribed the drug to five patients without discussing with them alternatives, such as experimental Covid mRNA vaccines, according to medical commission findings to which he stipulated.
One of the patients, a 71-year-old woman, attested ivermectin did not improve her condition, though she ultimately recovered.
A 69-year-old man said he and his wife ultimately opted not to take it after seeing negative information about it online.
According to the medical board, Lin’s “unprofessional” actions fell “below the standard of care.”
The commission has forbidden him from prescribing ivermectin in future Covid cases, under the threat of being stripped of his medical license.
The doctor must now review official federal Covid guidelines and take medical education classes on approved treatments for the virus.
After which, he will have to submit