Judge José Henrique Crescendo, from the 22nd Federal Civil Court in São Paulo, rejected a lawsuit from the Union Public Defender's Office (DPU) to suspend the validity of a 2020 opinion from the Federal Medical Council (CFM) that allows doctors to prescribe chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of Covid-19.
In the decision, the magistrate considered that the opinion neither recommends nor imposes the use of the drug but preserves doctors' autonomy in treating their patients.
"The said Opinion No. 04/2020 has no normative force. It does not create any obligation or provide any punishment to . . .
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