Bakersfield, CA – The Osteopathic Medical Board of California (OMBC) and the Attorney General’s office have ordered Bakersfield OB/GYN Hans Chunghan Yu D.O. to cease practice effective immediately after the doctor failed a Board-mandated competency exam. Consumer Watchdog...
Sacramento, CA – A new Consumer Alert video from Consumer Watchdog features a mother whose son died at the age of 20 due to gross medical negligence and discusses the need for SB 29 (Laird), which continues survivors’...
Sacramento, CA – A bill that would have put patients at risk from doctors who practice medicine while abusing drugs or alcohol will not move forward this year. AB 408 by Assemblymember Berman and sponsored by the Medical Board...
Sacramento, CA – Legislation that allows survivors of medical negligence to continue to recover damages for the pain and suffering of their loved ones before they died passed the California Assembly Judiciary Committee today with the support of all...
Sacramento, CA – Despite pleas from families throughout California, who have voiced their concerns about exposing patients to substance-abusing doctors, the Senate Business & Professions Committee advanced AB 408 by an initial vote of 7 to 1.
AB 408, authored by Assemblymember...
Physician Discipline is Linked to Multiple Baby Deaths and Harm
Bakersfield, CA – After multiple death complaints were filed for the deaths of mothers, babies, and lifelong harm to another mother, the Osteopathic Medical Board disciplined Bakersfield OB/GYN Dr. Hans...
Sacramento, CA - Legislation that allows survivors of medical negligence to continue to recover damages for the pain and suffering of their loved ones before they died passed the California Senate last night by a vote of 21 to...
Sacramento, CA – A bill that will put patients at risk from doctors who continue practicing while abusing drugs or alcohol passed off the floor of the California State Assembly yesterday and moves on to the Senate.
AB 408 by...
Sacramento, CA – New research conducted by Consumer Watchdog reveals that medical malpractice insurance loss ratios in California hit historic lows after the state lifted its ban on pre-death pain and suffering damages in 2022, undercutting industry claims that the...
Sacramento, CA – AB 408 by Assemblymember Berman to create a secret Medical Board program that will place patients at risk of harm at the hands of doctors abusing drugs or alcohol passed out of the Assembly Business...
Sacramento, CA – Legislation to be heard in the Assembly Business & Professions Committee tomorrow, April 22nd, would place patients at risk of harm at the hands of doctors abusing drugs or alcohol.AB 408 (Berman) would recreate the...
Sacramento, CA – San Diego mother Tracey Mueller Gibbs shared the heartbreaking story of her two-year-old son's death due to medical negligence and her inability to find accountability for his death in a letter to San Diego Senator Dr....
Los Angeles, CA – The Medical Board of California will vote on a controversial legislative proposal that would significantly decrease accountability and transparency for doctors in substance abuse treatment at its Quarterly Board meeting in Los Angeles on Friday. This...
Board Set To Discipline License of Repeat Offender Doctor
Bakersfield, CA – The Osteopathic Medical Board of California (OMBC) and the Attorney General’s office filed an accusation of charges of gross negligence, and repeated negligent acts against Bakersfield OB/GYN...
San Diego, Simi Valley, Latest to Face Closures
Sacramento, CA – Assemblymember Akilah Weber’s bill, AB 1895 requiring the state to conduct community impact assessments before hospitals may close California maternity wards, passed out of the Assembly Health Committee last...
