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Kaiser Permanente Patient Horror Stories
Stephen Keller
Pacifica, CA
HMO Denies Heart
Patient Access to Cardiologist, Denies Hospitalization for Drug Treatment
Jennifer
Daugherty
Surgical
Misadventure," "Lack of Safeguards" Leads to Child's Death
Charla Cooper
San Francisco, CA
HMO misses diagnosis,
denies referral, endangering woman's fertility
Elizabeth
Wooldridge
Hercules
, CA
Infant Dies
After HMO Fails to Approve $50 Test.
( Told by
Elizabeth's mother Jamie Wooldridge )
Pegy Earhart
Sun Valley, CA
HMO IGNORES CANCEROUS
MOLE , DELAYS PATIENT REQUEST TO CHANGE DOCTORS, PATIENT DIES
HMO Shuns Diagnostic
Test; Patient Nearly Dies of Pulmonary Embolism
Mary Cromwell
Alameda, CA
HMO DENIES LUNG
TRANSPLANT, PATIENT TOLD TO LAUNCH FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR LIFE SAVING
CARE
George Alger
Sacramento,
CA
Kaiser tells
seriously injured patient to finish traction at his own expense. (Told
by George T. Alger)
William Pratt
Vacaville, CA
Delayed Specialist
Visit, Delayed Medications, Unnecessary Pain and Suffering. Patricia Pratt
(about her husband, William), Vacaville, California
Josphine Rigelsky
Livonia, Michigan
Woman Dies Mysteriously
- Hospital Withholds Records While Regulators Ignore Family's Pleas (as
told by her daughter Maryjo Highland, San Diego)
Raymond Erickson
Fremont, CA
Angiogram results
not shared with patient, family has to pursue 2nd opinion just in time
to save fathers life. (As told by daughter Joni Canada, RN)
Evelyn Delaney
San Luis Obispo,
CA
HMO REFUSES
TO ACKNOWLEDGE PATIENTS ILLNESS, DISCONTINUES ESSENTIAL TREATMENT.
Katherine Hallisy
San Francisco,
CA
Mother Leaves
Critically Ill Child's Bedside to Fight With HMO; Worries About Future
Care. (Told by Katherine's mother, Dr. Julia A. Hallisy)
Kaiser Cited Again
For Improper Use Of Unlicensed Surgical Technicians!!!
On August 6th, the CNA received written notice from the DHS that they
had issued another Statement of Deficiencies (SOD) against Kaiser-Sacramento
(Morse Ave.) facility for their improper use of unlicensed surgical technicians.
Kaiser cited
for use of unlicensed help - Aug. 18, 1998
Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Santa Rosa has been cited by the state
Department of Health Services for allowing a technician to perform medical
procedures during orthopedic operations.
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