A physician accused of falsely claiming that a stroke patient died at the former Fountain Valley Regional Hospital from the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination faces disciplinary action from the Medical Board of California.
According to patient records, in July 2021, Nguyen described a 67-year-old woman’s COVID-19 pneumonia diagnosis as a possible adverse reaction to the Pfizer vaccine she received two months earlier, the medical board said.
Nguyen allegedly prescribed the woman the malaria drug Plaquenil, which had its U.S. Food and Drug emergency authorization revoked in June 2020 well before her hospitalization because it showed no benefit in speeding COVID-19 recovery.
Medical records reportedly indicate that an infectious disease consulting physician recommended that the patient stop taking Plaquenil.
In response, Nguyen purportedly documented that he was instead providing Plaquenil for the patient’s rheumatoid arthritis without consulting medical experts and at double the usual maximum dose.
Nguyen also allegedly advised the woman, who was at high risk for COVID-19, that she should avoid the coronavirus booster, representing an “extreme departure” from the standard of care, the medical board said.
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