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Administrator at Kaiser’s Fresno hospital steps down

January 31st, 2008 at 9:34 am » Comments (5)

[This update to the Hamid Safari case came out a few days ago. We're happy to see a resignation come from this situation, and we're hearing rumors that there might be another one that hasn't been announced yet. This is a change for Kaiser. Usually what we hear are a lot of denials, [...]



Kaiser pays $3.2 million in birthing malpractice case

January 30th, 2008 at 12:48 am » Comments (7)

[It's late and I'm tired, so I'm posting this without commentary. I'll add more information as the news stories start trickling in tomorrow. But whew! 3.2 million.]
From the OC register:
Kaiser pays $3.2 million in birthing malpractice case
A now 14-year-old girl wasn’t breathing when she was born at the Anaheim hospital.
BY COURTNEY PERKES
A 14-year-old Lake [...]



Federal report slams Kaiser for failure to act on complaints about baby killing doctor

January 26th, 2008 at 1:49 am » Comments (13)

[Same old story: complaints were ignored, patients died, whistleblowers were retaliated against, and Kaiser denies any wrongdoing regardless of copious evidence to the contrary. It happens so often we would be bored if it wasn't so damned tragic. Scroll down to the bottom of the story for a link to the original report about this [...]