Tricia Derges, a Republican state representative in Missouri, falsely claimed to patients at her medical clinic that she was injecting them with stem cells, prosecutors said.
(Ed'.s Note: The onslaught of COVID-19 in South Texas sprouted baseless claims of "cures" by none other than Donald Trump, who touted hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat the virus infection. Later, he suggested to his health professionals that perhaps injecting bleach and UV rays might be used to treat the infections. Locally, P.A. Eder Hernandez, who cleaned up on the COVID-19 testing monopoly by the City of Brownsville to the tune of $850,000 touted the use of Ivermectin, a drug approved for intestinal and nematode parasites, and removed his posts when he was called on it in social media. Merck and the FDA sated that there was "No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies.'
Hernandez also praised the claim by French researchers that nicotine patches prevented infection by the virus, a claim since discounted. A doctor/lawmaker in Missouri has been charged in federal court with fraud and stripped of her committee assignments after she pushed her use of stem cells to treat the virus.)
Hernandez also praised the claim by French researchers that nicotine patches prevented infection by the virus, a claim since discounted. A doctor/lawmaker in Missouri has been charged in federal court with fraud and stripped of her committee assignments after she pushed her use of stem cells to treat the virus.)
By Neil Vigdor
A state lawmaker in Missouri was charged this week in connection with a fraud scheme in which she claimed she could use stem cells to treat Covid-19 patients at her medical clinics, prosecutors said.
The lawmaker, Representative Tricia Derges, a Republican, was stripped of her committee assignments in the State House on Monday, the same day that a 20-count indictment against her was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mo.
And on Wednesday the House speaker in Missouri, also a Republican, urged the beleaguered first-term lawmaker, who has pleaded not guilty, to step down.
Prosecutors say that Dr. Derges, a licensed assistant physician, raked in nearly $200,000 from patients at three medical clinics that she operates for injections of amniotic fluid that she falsely claimed contained stem cells.
A month after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Dr. Derges claimed in a Facebook post that the injections could help patients with symptoms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, according to the indictment. (Hernandez, in turn, claimed he had "treated' local patients with Ivermectin and a strong dose of evangelism with extreme success and that his team was "writing history." The words of Derges is eerily similar.)
New York Times
A state lawmaker in Missouri was charged this week in connection with a fraud scheme in which she claimed she could use stem cells to treat Covid-19 patients at her medical clinics, prosecutors said.
The lawmaker, Representative Tricia Derges, a Republican, was stripped of her committee assignments in the State House on Monday, the same day that a 20-count indictment against her was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mo.
And on Wednesday the House speaker in Missouri, also a Republican, urged the beleaguered first-term lawmaker, who has pleaded not guilty, to step down.
Prosecutors say that Dr. Derges, a licensed assistant physician, raked in nearly $200,000 from patients at three medical clinics that she operates for injections of amniotic fluid that she falsely claimed contained stem cells.
A month after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Dr. Derges claimed in a Facebook post that the injections could help patients with symptoms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, according to the indictment. (Hernandez, in turn, claimed he had "treated' local patients with Ivermectin and a strong dose of evangelism with extreme success and that his team was "writing history." The words of Derges is eerily similar.)
“This amazing treatment stands to provide a potential cure for COVID-19 patients that is safe and natural,” the indictment said Dr. Derges wrote in the post. 
“All of the components of the God given amniotic fluid: Mesenchymal Stem Cells (progenitor stem cells which are baby stem cells: can become any tissue they want); cytokines, exosomes, chemokines, hyaluronic acid, growth factors and over 800 proteins working to create a human being: the emphasis on the lungs.”
The National Institutes of Health last year recommended against the use of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of COVID-19, except in clinical trials. They also noted that the Food and Drug Administration had issued several warnings that patients could be vulnerable to stem cell treatments that are illegal and potentially harmful.
According to her biography on her legislative, the clinics operated by Dr. Derges are primary and urgent care centers for the “working person and non-insured” in underserved areas of southwest Missouri.
The fraud scheme began in December 2018 and continued until May 2020, according to the indictment, which stated that Dr. Derges had promoted the regenerative medical benefits of the injections for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Lyme disease, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence and other conditions.
The National Institutes of Health last year recommended against the use of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of COVID-19, except in clinical trials. They also noted that the Food and Drug Administration had issued several warnings that patients could be vulnerable to stem cell treatments that are illegal and potentially harmful.
According to her biography on her legislative, the clinics operated by Dr. Derges are primary and urgent care centers for the “working person and non-insured” in underserved areas of southwest Missouri.
The fraud scheme began in December 2018 and continued until May 2020, according to the indictment, which stated that Dr. Derges had promoted the regenerative medical benefits of the injections for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Lyme disease, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence and other conditions.
4 comments:
based on this article and so many others if one googles the issue Eder Hernandez can be criminally charged if he billed Medicaid or Medicare for any of theses debunked treatments. the fact Trey Mendez made sure the testing contract went to his client on a no=bid basis could implicate him as a conspirator if wrongdoing is found.
Bobby WC
No seas puto y orejon Juan..... Trump was joking about the bleach injections, MAMON! Your yellow journalism is disheartening..... ponte a lavar las vasijas mendigo.
Y aqui que?
February 8, 2021 at 8:34 AM
Sounds like some piruja has a problem
"equating a lie with the truth is the worst yellow journalism" but of course wearing your yellow dress makes it ok or is it yellow hair?
piruja at 8:34 AM.
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