Kaiser Health Care Stories

Kaiser Permanente allowed their GME Program doctors to perform the following medical procedures on me without medical need, without my consent, as I slept under general anesthetic and with no concern for my health/life. 1) Dr. Wild performed a medically needless Right Radical Neck Dissection (cut off all my right neck muscles). 2) He sutured my Right External Carotid Artery in several areas. It is now fully stenotic (the vesel is fully narrowed and strictured). 3) He placed a small PTFE Tube (Polytetrafluorethyline) inside my Right Internal Carotid Artery. 4) He placed a surgical clip on my Right Internal Jugular Vein. 5) He dissected (cut off) my Right External Jugular Vein as if I was not going to need it anymore. Today, I am dealing with the devastating consequences from these medical procedures.

The Removal of Mr. Herbert’s Feeding Tube Bonnie Steinbock
(BONNIE STEINBOCK is assistant professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany. ) The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 13, No. 5. (Oct., 1983), pp. 13-16. WAS IT MURDER, MALPRACTICE, OR HUMANE MEDICAL CARE? The [...]

On August 15, 2007, Darrell Timothy Reed II went into the Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park, California hospital for a routine knee surgery and died in the recovery room.