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KBFX (FOX) – Bakersfield, CA: Latina Health Fair For Maternal Health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5KJUkbuaN8 Michele Monserratt-Ramos says Consumer Watchdog's mission goes beyond the fair, our focus is not only to bring resources to families here but also to seek accountability for the families

KERO-BFL (ABC) – Bakersfield, CA: Local Doctor Being Investigated For Negligence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL-FPMGcl8s Tracy Dominguez says, we're bringing attention to this crisis, partnering with groups like Consumer Watchdog, speaking before the board of supervisors and legislative boards, and helping organize events to educate women on how to protect themselves.

KGTV-SD (ABC) – San Diego, CA: Doctor On Probation After Being High On Duty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3GhYALElLo Michele Montserrat-Ramos has spent years fighting for tougher rules, governing doctors with drug problems and she says it's especially concerning when a physician is found to be impaired on duty.

KCAL – Los Angeles, CA: Abortion Emergency Debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gvvr4LET5g Michele Monserratt-Ramos, patient advocate at Consumer Watchdog, said adding Arizona doctors to California facilities could lead to longer wait times for California women.

KOGO-AM (Radio) – San Diego, CA: AB 1895 Is Written to Slow Maternity Ward Shutdowns By Mandating a Year Advance Notice

By Staff Reporters, KOGO-AM – San Diego, CA  Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

NBC 7 – San Diego, CA: Bill Aims To Slow Maternity Ward Closures

https://youtu.be/Aeg054wX5g0 Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista says it's closing its maternity ward and moving those services to their Hillcrest location for the growing number of emergency patients.

The Los Angeles Times – She died after liposuction by a pediatrician. Doctors warn of cosmetic surgery’s ‘Wild West’

By Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-03-31/california-cosmetic-surgery Inside a clinic wedged next to a smoke shop in a South Los Angeles strip mall, Dr. Mohamad Yaghi operated on a 28-year-old woman who had traveled from Las Vegas to have...

KPIX-SF (CBS) – San Francisco, CA: Susan Lieu – A Medical Negligance Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58t6AHiK1Oo Nearly 30 years ago, her mother died as a result of a plastic surgery malpractice case. She dealt with the trauma through performance and art but as Ryan Yamamoto reports, the healing began which are used the tragedy...

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...

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