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VC Star – Ventura County hospitals receive 239 complaints, reports show; Los Robles cited most

By Tom Kisken, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/health/2024/03/08/ventura-county-hospital-violations-2023/72635858007 State regulators received more complaints, found more violations and assessed more fines at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks than any other hospital in Ventura County last year. California Department of Public...

KGTV-SD (ABC) – San Diego, CA: Doctor Accused of Putting Hidden Camera In A Hospital Restroom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZmTx3mhJlY Consumer Watchdog's Carmen Balber says it shouldn't have taken the medical board almost 3 years to post its case against the doctor. 

Mercury News – Gov. Newsom signs bill repealing doctor-muzzling COVID misinformation law he signed a year ago

Governor signed SB 815 repealing AB 2098 By John Woolfolk, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/06/gov-newsom-signs-bill-repealing-doctor-muzzling-covid-misinformation-law-he-signed-a-year-ago/ It came without fanfare or even explanation. But California has quietly raised the white flag on its controversial attempt to police what doctors say about COVID-19 vaccines and...

The Los Angeles Times – California lawmakers pass reforms to doctor discipline cases, giving patients a voice

By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-15/lawmakers-take-up-bill-to-overhaul-state-board-that-investigates-doctors# When Angela Contreras complained to the state’s medical board last fall that a Long Beach doctor had left gauze in her brother’s abdomen during surgery, she waited — and waited — for the...

KGET – Bakersfield, CA: California Medical Board Meets in Bakersfield to Address Maternal Mortality

Consumer Watchdog volunteers and families share their medical negligence stories for reform within the healthcare system.

KBAK (FOX58) – Bakersfield, CA: High Maternal Mortality Rate

Families who lost their loved ones ask the Medical Board for justice.

KVPR – Kern County maternal mortality at the center of a state medical board meeting

By Kerry Klein, KVPR https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2023-08-29/kern-county-maternal-mortality-at-the-center-of-a-state-medical-board-meeting Following years of advocacy work from locals, the Medical Board of California held a meeting in Bakersfield to learn more about the region’s high maternal mortality rate. Kern County’s pregnancy-related mortality rate is one of the highest...

Sacramento Bee – California’s Medical Board Can’t Pay Its Bills, but Doctors Resist Proposed Fixes

By Annie Sciacca, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/article278656929.html California doctors and state lawmakers are squaring off once again over the future of the Medical Board of California, which is responsible for licensing and disciplining doctors and has been criticized by patient advocates...

KFMB-SD (CBS) – San Diego, CA: Dental Visit Leads To Hospital Stay

Carmen Balber talks about how misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis is one of the leading causes of medical errors in this country.

CalMatters – Victims of medical negligence in California should be included in investigations

By Annette Ramirez, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/08/medical-negligence-victims-california-investigations/ Eleven years ago I went into the hospital for a hysterectomy and was expecting to go home the next day. Instead, I fought to survive in the hospital for two years after my doctor’s mistakes and...

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