News Releases

National Report Ranks California Medical Board 33rd Worst in Discipline, As Lawmakers Offer Tough Critique of Board’s Oversight of Dangerous Doctors

April 8, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – California is worse than two-thirds of states in the country when it comes to disciplining doctors whose negligence or incompetence causes patients...

Families Harmed By Medical Negligence To Testify Doctor-Run Medical Board Is Not Protecting the Public from Harm, Call for Public Member-Majority Board

March 18, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog and a dozen Fairness for Injured Patients campaign advocates who were harmed by medical negligence and failed by the Medical Board...

Racial Justice Groups Endorse Fairness Act to Reform Medical Negligence Law, Call on Governor Newsom and Legislature to Act

February 9, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Manteca, CA — A coalition of Central Valley racial justice groups announced their endorsement of the Fairness for Injured Patients Act, the 2022 ballot initiative to...

History of Positions Undermining Patient Safety Disqualify Former Leaders of Doctors’ Lobby For Seats on CA Medical Board, Patients Harmed by Medical Negligence to Testify

February 3, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Two former leaders of the California Medical Association should be rejected as nominees to the Medical Board of California for their records...

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Gov. Newsom to Withdraw Nomination of Dr. Richard Thorp, Former Head of the Doctors’ Lobby, to Board Charged with Protecting Patient Safety

January 13, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Consumer Watchdog renewed its call for Governor Gavin Newsom to withdraw the nomination of Dr. Richard Thorp, former president of the doctors’...

Gov Dined Unmasked With Head of Doctors Lobby And Lobbyist At French Laundry

November 18, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — Charles Johnson, husband of a black woman who died in childbirth and a patients’ rights leader, was terribly disappointed at pictures...

“I Can’t Breathe” Said Black Manteca Man Killed by Medical Negligence at Kaiser Hospital

September 24, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

Manteca, CA – The family of Shawn Washington, a 29-year-old Black man killed by medical negligence at Kaiser Manteca Medical Center, called on the Medical Board...

New Website & Interactive Map Tells the Stories of Medical Negligence Victims Denied Justice Representing Every CA State Senate District on World Patient Safety Day

September 17, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – As California courts and voters confront the injustice of the state’s 45-year-old limits on the rights of medical negligence victims, Consumer...

Survivors of Medical Negligence Qualify Ballot Initiative for 2022 Election

July 22, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — Having collected 900,000 signatures and raised over $4 million, the survivors of medical negligence behind a California ballot measure to adjust...

Medical Board of California Allows Doctor Responsible for the Death and Injury of Eight Bakersfield Patients to Keep Medical License

June 3, 2020  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Bakersfield, CA – The Medical Board of California’s decision to allow Dr. Arthur Park to continue practicing, despite a 20-year track record of negligence causing...

Mother’s Day Edition: Know Your Heath Care Rights

May 8, 2020  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog released “Know Your Rights When Your Family is in the Hospital” tips that every consumer should know sharing the recent changes giving patients...

Survivors of Medical Negligence Push CA Ballot Initiative Vote from 2020 to 2022

April 30, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA — The survivors of medical negligence behind a California ballot measure to adjust California’s 45-year-old cap on quality of life and survivor...