In a statement Wednesday, St. Peter’s Health in Helena again said public officials “threatened” a law enforcement response and lawsuit over the treatment of a COVID-19 patient, adding their side of the story to the growing number of reactions following a recently released special counsel’s examination of the dispute.
"As shared in our previous statement and consistent with the special counsel’s investigative report, St. Peter’s Health maintains that our providers and care team members were threatened and harassed when they refused to administer treatments for COVID-19 that are not authorized, clinically approved or within the guidelines established by the FDA and the CDC," the hospital said Wednesday.
The special counsel was investigating the involvement of state Attorney General Austin Knudsen, his deputy Kris Hansen and state Public Service Commissioner Jennifer Fielder. All three are Republicans, and the patient, who has since died, was well-known in GOP circles.
While the report for the first time made public Fielder's involvement and shed light on further details about the actions of Knudsen and Hansen, by law the special counsel cannot make findings or draw conclusions. Special Counsel Abra Belke in an interview Wednesday said the review had limitations set by law and because of that she had to walk a “super tight rope” in her work.
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