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Another life threatening illness misdiagnosed as psychological problem

December 8th, 2007 at 8:12 am » Comments (57)

[One of the more disturbing patterns that has emerged over four years of tracking Kaiser's many misdeeds, is that patients with very real and serious medical problems are often misdiagnosed with mental health issues, leading to much unnecessary suffering, and sometimes death. A few recent examples are the cases of Jupirena Stein, Craig Pozzi, [...]



“You don’t go to Kaiser to die” (or do you?)

December 4th, 2007 at 8:37 pm » Comments (11)

[The most appalling thing about the needless death of this Kaiser member -- who suffocated and died due to a severe allergic reaction to an antibiotic -- is that the Kaiser doctor and nurses that were present didn't know what to do to save her. They called 911 instead, and the patient wasn't given what [...]