>>Tower Health Doctor Fired For Prescribing Unapproved Drug to Treat COVID
(Reading, PA) -- A Tower Health surgeon reportedly has been fired for prescribing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to patients to treat COVID. According to a statement from Tower Health reported by the Reading Eagle, officials at the hospital became aware of accusations levied at Doctor Edith Behr on Wednesday and she was let go that day. The statement says that neither drug has been approved by the FDA for prevention or treatment of COVID. Behr has been connected in media reports to a Lebanon County woman who has been using the Facebook page of a Palmyra restaurant to help people obtain the two drugs.