{"id":864579,"date":"2026-09-29T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/864579\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:06:17","slug":"ex-trauma-surgeon-said-urgent-care-physicians-refused-to-see-unvaccinated-covid-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/864579\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-trauma surgeon said urgent care physicians refused to see unvaccinated COVID patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Former trauma surgeon James P. Miller testified Monday that during the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/fact-check-team\/fact-check-team-is-the-covid-19-vaccine-getting-a-black-box-warning-ageency-fda-scientific#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, urgent care physicians refused to see unvaccinated patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHospital leadership, including the chief medical officer of our medical group, endorsed the local medical establishment\u2019s refusal to provide healthcare to unvaccinated patients,\u201d Miller said during a hearing hosted by Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was titled \u201cCOVID-19 Hospital Protocols: Real Stories from Real People.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hearing includes testimonies people who say they were treated unfairly due to not being vaccinated for COVID-19, and medical professionals who supported alternative treatments to COVID-19 like ivermectin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrimary care and urgent care physicians refused to see unvaccinated patients with the chief medical officer\u2019s knowledge and approval through policy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Miller is a licensed physician from Everett, Washington. In 2024, he said that he filed a sworn attestation for criminal investigations into wrongdoings <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/vaccine-advisers-cdc-expand-ability-for-pregnant-women-to-get-covid-19-shot-robert-f-kennedy-jr-hhs#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to the mistreatment of unvaccinated patients, Miller said he opened up a free clinic to care for those denied medical care through his local church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe church became a licensed clinic,\u201d he said. \u201cI observed many of the alternative treatments that were censored by medical societies, pharmacists, social media, the press and established health agencies. Treatments including ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, Vitamin D, zinc, quercetin and just physical exercise were highly effective at treating COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was targeted for his actions and for speaking out against COVID-19 corruption.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI endured countless unfounded disciplinary hearings, show trials and sham peer review procedures, which included the threat of me being arrested,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThis was all in retaliation for me speaking out. I defeated every attack. I remained in good standing, and I told the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that nurses and physicians who observed the harms done by the COVID-19 hospital protocols were silent or forced out of the medical community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Accountability is necessary if we&#8217;re going to maintain public trust and a functioning healthcare system,&#8221; Miller said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 Former trauma surgeon James P. 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