Medical Malpractice
San Diego Doctor Charged with Murder In Patient’s Death Shows Failure Of California’s Doctor Discipline, Patient Disclosure Laws
San Diego, CA -- Patients in California are exposed to harm by dangerous doctors because California law does not quickly discipline or require them to disclose criminal or regulatory charges...
Initial Report of Medical Board Enforcement Monitor Confirms Investigation Delays and Failure to Discipline Doctors
Initial findings of the Medical Board Enforcement Monitor, released this week, confirm that the Medical Board’s investigations of doctors are hamstrung by funding shortfalls and that prosecutions are undermined by a crippling division between investigators and attorneys housed in different agencies.
Doctors Save $2.8 Million After Challenge to Malpractice Insurance Rate Hike
Los Angeles, CA – In response to Consumer Watchdog’s challenge to Medical Insurance Exchange of California’s (“MIEC”) proposed rate increase on doctors’ and medical providers’ medical malpractice insurance, MIEC...
Consumer Watchdog and Its Volunteer Team of Advocates Fight for Babies’ Rights at the Osteopathic Medical Board
Consumer Watchdog and a volunteer team of advocates attended and participated in last week’s Osteopathic Medical Board Quarterly meeting to testify on issues with the enforcement process, how the...
Med Page Today – New California Law: Docs Who Sexually Abuse Patients Can’t Get Their Licenses Back
Statute bars medical board from restoring licenses revoked from sex offenders'
By Cheryl Clark, MED PAGE TODAY
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/100935
A new California law prohibits the state's medical board from granting a license to...
KVPR – A Bakersfield Family Lost A Daughter And Grandson In One Day. They Turned Their Pain Into Advocacy
After her daughter and grandson died following what the Medical Board of California alleged to be negligent care from a Bakersfield OB-GYN, Tracy Dominguez embarked on a crusade to...
KVPR NPR – Bakersfield Hospitals Left To Clean Up After OB-GYN Accused of Negligence
By Kerry Klein, KVPR NPR Radio Central California
https://www.kvpr.org/health/2022-09-14/bakersfield-hospitals-left-to-clean-up-after-ob-gyn-accused-of-negligence
By the time OB-GYN Dr. Arthur Park surrendered his license in late 2021, all four of Bakersfield’s hospitals had been sued by...
KVPR – The Medical Board Accused A Bakersfield OB-GYN Of Negligence. But He Kept Practicing For Two Decades
By Kerry Klein, KVPR NPR Radio Central California
September 13, 2022
https://www.kvpr.org/health/2022-09-13/the-medical-board-accused-a-bakersfield-ob-gyn-of-negligence-but-he-kept-practicing-for-two-decades
The California medical board accused Bakersfield obstetrician Dr. Arthur Park of gross negligence following several patient deaths. But he kept...
KVPR – Kern County’s Mothers and Babies Are Dying and No One Seems Certain Why
By Kerry Klein, KVPR NPR Radio Central California
September 12, 2022
https://www.kvpr.org/health/2022-09-12/kern-countys-mothers-and-babies-are-dying-and-no-one-seems-certain-why
Kern County has one of the highest infant mortality rates in California and mothers die during pregnancy and childbirth in...
KGTV ABC – New Criminal Charges Filed Against Bonita Plastic Surgeon
By Jennifer Kastner, KGTV ABC TV-10 San Diego, CA
July 20, 2022
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-news/new-criminal-charges-filed-against-bonita-plastic-surgeon
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - New criminal charges have been filed against the embattled Bonita plastic surgeon who's already charged...
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