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“Never Events” Documentary Makes Streaming Debut This Week Showcasing Lives Destroyed by Unjust Medical Negligence Cap and Medical Harm

July 1, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Los Angeles, CA – The must-see documentary “Never Events,” that follows the journey of multiple families who fought for change after suffering lifelong harm or loss...

Doctor Lobby Guts Bill to Make Medical Board More Accountable to Public, Showing Need for Fairness Act On November 2022 Ballot

June 1, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

NEWS UPDATE: June 3, 2021 At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Medical Board of California voted to only support SB 806 if it is amended...

California Lawmakers Answer Injured Patients’ Call for Reform, Propose Nation’s First Public Member Majority Medical Board

May 26, 2021  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – California lawmakers have moved legislation to the Senate Floor to make California the first state in the nation whose Medical Board has...

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...