Comments on: Kaiser NW ordered to pay $4.5 million for misdiagnosed brain tumor

By: Rachel Harling

Rachel Harling — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:50:45 +0000

My husband has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor after months of being treated like a hypochondriac, by Kaiser. They still refuse to consider the tumor anything suspicious and are trying him on multiple anti-depressants that are freaking his system out, pain, vision difficulties, headaches, the shakes, crazy thoughts… and the list goes on. They refuse to fill out his disability paperwork properly so that our family has the funds it needs to survive… So to hear of this S.O.B. organization taking it up the rear a bit is refreshing. Just wish I could do the same and save my family.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:32:27 +0000

I was told by Kaiser I had a brain tumor when in fact I had an enlarged petuitary gland !I found this out by getting a second opinion at UCSF.

By: Another life threatening illness misdiagnosed as psychological problem » Kaiser Permanente Thrive Exposed

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:22:51 +0000

[...] unnecessary suffering and sometimes death. A few recent examples are the cases of Jupirena Stein, Craig Pozzi, and a woman with West Nile Virus, who was repeatedly told her symptoms were all in her head even [...]

By: Sheilabythebeach

Sheilabythebeach — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:20:01 +0000

This is probably just the tip of the iceberg. I posted on my blog about Kaiser today, 8/09/07. They are treating their patients in a most criminal manner.

By: elibug

elibug — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:12:45 +0000

Here! Here! for handcuffs.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:16:40 +0000

That is just totally sick, and it actually happens more often than you think - that a person is diagnosed with a mental illness for their symptoms. Easy - a mental illness does not require an expensive MRI. He probably had really bad headaches at some point; the article doesn’t say, but it was pure criminal for them not to do a scan. It is wonderful to see Kaiser being held accountable for once, but I’d like to see someone being taken out in handcuffs over it, as well.