Health Inspectorate Orders ECC to Halt Unregistered Long Covid Treatment
What happened
The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate ordered Excellent Care Clinics to stop a Long Covid treatment that involved patients injecting themselves with lidocaine at home. The Inspectorate cited a lack of scientific evidence for this specific use of lidocaine and concerns that patients were not adequately informed about the risks. The Noord-Holland District Court ultimately ruled that patient safety and proper supervision outweighed the clinic's concerns about patient setbacks after stopping the treatment.
From nltimes.nl
Why it matters
The regulatory action forces the clinic to cease a specific, unregistered treatment program. The Inspectorate also noted that three individuals affiliated with the clinic hold patents on the product used, raising concerns about commercial interests in the treatment.
From nltimes.nl
Who's involved
- Health and Youth Care InspectorateDutch government agency that ordered the clinic to stop the unregistered treatment.
- ECCThe clinic that specializes in pain treatment and was ordered to cease the Long Covid treatment.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- ECCSpeculative
ECC might face reduced revenue from the specific Long Covid treatment program due to the regulatory halt.
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The entities involved
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Health and Youth Care Inspectorate
Dutch government agency
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ECC
private English teaching company (eikaiwa) in Japan
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