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Kaiser Permanente - Corporate Ethics - November 15th, 2003

About November 15th, 2003

Patient Horror Stories 02:39 pm
This is a running list of the patient horror stories I've found around the web.
Please drop me an email or leave a note in the comments if you have a story to add here.


Kaiser Malpractice and Tragedies

Kaiser Avoids Diagnosing Cancer -
http://www.ljseek.com/cached/xlamariposax/27398864/Kaiser+Permanente/smeared+black+ink/

Surgery without Painkiller -
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/jspr007/patricia/id30.html

Stabilize instead of Treat for Recovery -
http://www.geocities.com/chadkunis/

Wrongful Amputation (And Doctors Lying in Arbitration) -
http://www.rushfordfiles.com/pages/1/

Kaiser Killed My Mom -
http://www.calhealthconsensus.org/nw/nw000348.php

Malpractice During Pregnancy (And Kaiser Cover Ups)-
http://www.kaiserpapershawaii.org/cristyupdate.htm

Woman Dies After Being Kept Waiting -
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/05/16/national/main196117.shtml

Robyn Libitsky -
http://www.kaiserpapers.info/robynl.html

Kaiser Failure to Diagnose Results in Stroke (scroll down to last case) -
http://www.walkuplawoffice.com/CM/HowWeHaveHelped/HowWeHaveHelpedBrainDamage.asp

Failure to Refer Patient Leads to Death -
http://web.archive.org/web/20011221024243/eastbay.bcentral.com/eastbay/stories/2001/11/12/daily65.html

Death of Heather O'Rourke -
http://poltergeistguru.tripod.com/articles/index1.html?Controversy.html&0

Three People Die of Aneurysms While Waiting for Help -
http://web.archive.org/web/20021121030317/www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/12/13/BU194099.DTL&type=business

Clarence Herbert Killed for Bonus? -
http://members.tripod.com/american_almanac/hmousele.htm

Incompetent Heart Surgeon -
http://www.whatisaids.com/wwwboard/messages/114.html

Man Faints and Dies in Delivery Room -
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/07/man-faints-dies-after-seeing-epidural.html

Jupirena Stein - has had serious physical problems, an atrophying lung and strokes after a Kaiser doctor severed nerves in her neck during surgery.
http://www.centerjd.org/press/release/030303.htm

Kaiser Casualty of the Day -
http://web.archive.org/web/20010702145544/www.calnurse.org/cna/kcas/

Big List of Kaiser Kills Links -
http://www.kaiserthrive.info/KaiserKillsLinks.htm


Kaiser Warehousing

Hip Injury and Kaiser Chaos -
http://redstormrisen.blogspot.com/2006/04/if-i-wasnt-laughing-id-be-screaming.html

Many Complaints on Craigslist -
http://forums.craigslist.org/?SQ=kaiser&act=RSR&searchAID=&forumID=43

Patient Not Informed She Had Whooping Cough -
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=3662867

Elder Abuse at Kaiser -
http://www.nea.org/activelife/0411/contribution.html

Simple Biopsy Collapses a Lung -
http://www.ljseek.com/cached/lexxonaidewtf/2922165/Kaiser+hmo/..if+only+i+had+more+time+i+would+have+taken+you+where+you+wanted+to+go.../

Incorrect Diagnosis of Lung Cancer -
http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/2004/07/27/hmo-say-can-you-see/

Denied Prosthetic Limb Until He Became "Squeaky Wheel" -
http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/oct_nov_97/squeaky.html

Refused Liver Transplant Because of HIV -
http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?section=9&id=1074

Kaiser Sends Wrong Body for Cremation -
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=1881759

Prescribing Medication without Seeing Patient -
http://www.psych.org/pnews/00-05-19/controversy.html

Kaiser Unsanitized Equipment May Transmit Hepatitis C (3000 patients warned)-
http://www.kaiserpapers.info/sendkpsoap.html

(Find some other Kaiser warning letters from the FDA here: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/wlcfm/company.cfm?FL=K )

Both Employee and Patient Stories Here -
http://guestbook.superstats.com/guest.html?u=vsign_2005612&b=1&show=1&partnerid=28264

Kaiser Fined 1.1 Million Dollars for Poor Access -
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/healthcare/nw/?postId=592&pageTitle=Kaiser+will+pay+fine+of+%241+million+over+care

Hard to See MD at Kaiser -
http://www.kaiserpapers.org/ed.html

Neuropathy -
http://www.hawaiistories.com/lynn/2005/04/05/got-mental-illness-dont-go-to-kaiser-permanente/

Kaiser Bureaucracy (scroll down to 11/5 entry) -
http://www.davidthulin.com/

Lost Lab Results -
http://www.radwin.org/michael/blog/2003/09/cipro_to_the_rescue.html#comments

Kaiser Secretly Tests for Homosexuality -
http://sleazereport.com/mt/blog/archives/000719.shtml

Kaiser Extracts Survey Before Answering Call -
http://www.reediejournals.com/blogs/200/archives/003129.html

Denied Kaiser Coverage -
http://www.blueoregon.com/2005/05/kaiser_permanen.html

$61,000 Fine for Patient Dumping -
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2000/11/13/daily26.html

Kaiser Sucks -
http://journals.aol.com/bosoxblue6993w/DATINGTIPSFORPSYCHOPATHS/entries/1228

Kaiser Robot Call Center -
http://the15minutehipster.blogspot.com/2005/11/rant-is-everyone-at-kaiser-retarded.html

Kaiser Arrogant Racists -
http://www.xanga.com/SuperChan7/380698735/item.html

Kaiser Assisted Suicide is Murder -
http://christ-haunted.blogspot.com/2005/11/but-it-all-sounds-so-sensible.html

Kaiser is Shit -
http://www.ljseek.com/cached/gchottie69/98334321/Kaiser+Doctor/im+starting+to+feel+uncomfortable/

Managing Neglect (Crowded ERs, Poor Patient Care, Etc.) -
http://www.kaiserpapershawaii.org/kaiserwatch.htm

Kaiser Pays Million Dollar Fine in Texas (3 Million recommended) -
http://www.kaiserpapers.info/kaisergiveuptexas.html

Many Kaiser Lawsuits -
http://www.kaiserpapers.org/lawsuits.html


Good Grief

Kaiser Fined $1.9 Million for Filing False Medicare/Medicaid Claims
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2005/04/11/daily50.html

Kaiser Using Babies as Guinea Pigs to Test Measles Shots -
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/v-kaiser.htm

Pharmaceutical Giant Wyeth Pays Kaiser to Test Two Experimental Vaccines on Children -
http://www.whale.to/v/fisher7.html

Kaiser chooses not to participate in patient satisfaction survey after receivind dismal marks the prior year -
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/14/BUGQ08OAV41.DTL

Kaiser involved in cover up of link between childhood vaccines and autism -
http://www.universityofhealth.net/Press_release_2005_09.html

Judge Wants a Kaiser Person to Run Prison Health System -
http://www.psych-health.com/cdc16.htm

Kaiser Management Alters Letters -
http://web.archive.org/web/20041021122037/http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/6053369.htm

Kaiser Gives Bonuses to Call Center Reps Who Limit Doctor Visits -
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fnews%2Farchive%2F2002%2F05%2F17%2Fstate0415EDT0028.DTL

Kaiser Doctors Willing to Kill You -
http://www.pccef.org/press/press12.htm

Kaiser Disregards Labor Law -
http://www.100insurers.com/wwwboard/messages/9234.html

Positioning Kaiser in Washington, D.C. -
http://www.bainpr.com/cs_kp.html

Kaiser MedPac (Medicare Lobbyists) Influence -
http://www.medpac.gov/about_medpac/biographies.cfm

Fired for Complaining About X-Ray Standards -
http://www.kaiserpapers.info/xraystandards.html

Kaiser Coaches Bayer and Glaxo to Cheat Medicare -
http://www.kaiserpapers.org/purchasing.html
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/newsarchive/nr052003_MDfr.asp

Verizon: Kaiser Doesn't Offer Money's Worth -
http://www.kaiserpapers.info/notworththemoney.html

Kaiser Cheats Doctors As It Closes Kansas Operations - http://web.archive.org/web/20010610063910/www.kcstar.com/item/pages/printer.pat,business/377535a7.316,.html

Kaiser Business Fraud in Texas -
http://web.archive.org/web/20010610021630/www.dallasnews.com/business/209609_sierra_08bus.A.html

Trends in Kaiser Executive Compensation -
http://web.archive.org/web/20010630002939/www.calnurse.org/cna/kaiser/bro/ceo.htm

Allegations of Kaiser Management Racism with EEOC Suit -
http://web.archive.org/web/20010702145847/www.calnurse.org/cna/kaiser/ksralrt67002.html

Kaiser Management: Viewpoint of a Demoralized Sycophant:
http://rchennau.blogspot.com/2005/07/kaiser-permanente-frell.html
http://rchennau.blogspot.com/2005/05/comprising-your-integrity.html
http://rchennau.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_rchennau_archive.html


Legal Representation for Kaiser Victims

http://www.kaiserpapers.info/specialattorneys.html

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