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Customers that took misleading COVID-19 test at now-closed Houston area clinic upset with ‘scheme’
Read full article: Customers that took misleading COVID-19 test at now-closed Houston area clinic upset with ‘scheme’LA PORTE – The doors at the Clinica Hispana in La Porte remained close after the State Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit against the business Wednesday. Officials said the man that runs the clinic is not a doctor, and the diagnosed COVID-19 tests he provided were actually antibody tests. RELATED: Texas AG sues Houston area clinic, says COVID-19 tests are not as advertised“Because of my lack of research I was also a victim,” Jolene said. Jolene said she and her father visited Clinica Hispana last month after experiencing COVID-19 related symptoms. That feeling led her to the hospital, where she and her father tested positive for COVID-19.
Texas AG sues Houston area clinic, says COVID-19 tests are not as advertised
Read full article: Texas AG sues Houston area clinic, says COVID-19 tests are not as advertisedLA PORTE A Harris County judge issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday against a Houston-area clinic. The order shuts down the Clinica Hispana in La Porte until further notice after the Texas Attorney General presented evidence that the man running the clinic is not a doctor and the clinics COVID-19 tests are not as advertised. The large sign outside the clinic next to Spencer Highway in La Porte was nearly impossible to miss: COVID-19 TEST RESULTS IN 15 MINUTES!!!! He went to the hospital, and he tested positive for COVID-19, Serrano said. He has been there for a week.The Texas Attorney General wrote in a lawsuit that the 15-minute test was not a diagnostic COVID-19 test, but an antibody test.