The family of John Kenneth Wojcik said he was near death when found, and may still not recover from his ailments.
"He's in the ICU and he's very sick," said his mother, Doreen Rakey. "When he was brought in, his body temperature was 81.5 degrees."
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| 11/06/2007 Missing Livermore man found dazed near Lake Merritt (note while this patient dumping involves a contracting facility of Kaiser Permanente they should assume joint responsibility for the loss of this patient.) 10/25/2007 Livermore resident was discharged from facility, dropped off in Oakland July 23, 2007 Modern Healthcare New homeless dumping allegation probed May 15, 2007 Kaiser agrees to reforms in settlement with Los Angeles aimed at ending homeless 'dumping' Watch 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper Video Segment on Kaiser Permanente practice of Patient Dumping L.A. CITY ATTORNEY, ROCKY DELGADILLO May 15, 2007 Homeless Dumping Case Settled January 14, 2007 A former employee has sued Kaiser Permanente November 16, 2006 L.A. files patient `dumping' charges March 22, 2006 Video Said to Capture Skid Row Dumping March 23, 2006 Alleged Skid Row Dumping Is Captured on Videotape Jan 16, 2006 Just a few days before his fourth scheduled treatment, Scott received this letter from Kaiser, which says, “your membership in Kaiser foundation health plan has been revoked due to the intentional misrepresentation of your health history. November 17, 2000 Kaiser pays $61,000 to settle South Sac patient-dumping case March 26, 1999 High Court OKs Reduced Malpractice Sum in Girl's Death April 19, 1997 Kaiser must improve care in Richmond | High
Court OKs Reduced Malpractice Sum in Girl's Death State's $250,000 limit applies in suit over hospital `dumping' Harriet Chiang, Chronicle Legal Affairs Writer Friday, March 26, 1999 She arrived at 5:30 p.m. and was examined by a staff physician, Dr. Trach Phoung Dang, who wanted to do blood tests to determine whether she had a bacterial infection. But a doctor at Kaiser Permanente Hospital told him not to do so, saying that the tests could wait until she was transferred to Kaiser. The girl was enrolled in Kaiser's health plan. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/1999/03/26/MN102692.DTL Family grateful but may sue
treatment facility Article Last
Updated: 11/06/2007 02:41:26 AM PST A
Livermore man suffering from a mental condition and liver failure who
was missing after he was dropped off at an Oakland homeless shelter was
found near Lake Merritt on Saturday. http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_7383673?source=most_emailed mirrored for historical purposes at: http://californianews.kaiserpapers.info/dumping//livermoremanfound.html
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missing from treatment centerArticle Last
Updated: 10/25/2007 08:24:34 AM PDT http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_7276086Another Kaiser Patient Dumped! Livermore man reported missing Patient at mental health facility was dropped off at homeless shelter, wife says By Roman Gokhman STAFF WRITER Contra Costa Times Article Launched:10/25/2007 03:03:32 AM PDT .....Corazon Wojcik said she called the facility Friday to ask where her husband had been transferred and was told he was discharged the previous day and taken to a homeless shelter in Oakland. "They arranged to have him transported there," Livermore police Lt. Scott Trudeau said. "Why they would do that we don't know." He said the Tri-Valley does not have any homeless shelters for men, but that does not explain why John Wojcik was taken to a homeless shelter when he was not homeless. Corazon Wojcik said she immediately called the shelter but was not able to reach anyone until Saturday. Then she was told that everyone who spent the previous night there had left for the day. Kaiser Permanente spokeswoman Gerri Ginsburg said she does not know the specifics of what led to John Wojcik's disappearance. "We're investigating this actively," she said. "Because of patient privacy laws, we can't discuss an individual case." http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_7276590?nclick_check=1mirrored for historical purposes at: http://californianews.kaiserpapers.info/dumping/kaiser-patient-dumping-livermore.html Modern Healthcare July 23, 2007 by Rebecca Vesely Kaiser probed again; More patient dumping alleged in Los Angeles area A new accusation of patient dumping by a Kaiser Permanente hospital in the Los Angeles area could put the integrated provider at risk of new penalties for violating a landmark settlement reached over a highly publicized incident, according to the city attorney's office. The accusation is one of 10 alleged incidents of patient dumping by Los Angeles hospitals being pursued by the city attorney's office. In the past year and a half, the office has received about 70 reports of homeless patient dumping. On June 26, the city filed civil action against two other area hospitals-410-bed Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles and 334-bed Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia-in four other patient dumping incidents. http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/healthcare/nw/?postId=8236 http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6363301 New
homeless dumping allegation probed May 15, 2007 Kaiser agrees to reforms in settlement with Los Angeles aimed at ending homeless 'dumping' Kaiser will create new protocols for discharging homeless patients in its chain of hospitals, train staff and allow retired U.S. District Court Judge Lourdes G. Baird, a former U.S. attorney, to monitor its progress, officials said Tuesday http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/15/america/NA-GEN-US-Homeless-Dumping.php mirrored for historical purposes at: http://californianews.kaiserpapers.info/dumping/reformbyda.html Watch 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper Video Segment on Kaiser Permanente practice of Patient Dumping http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2830261n http://tinyurl.com/29e67s related CBS stories at: http://tinyurl.com/2tmyrb L.A. CITY ATTORNEY, ROCKY DELGADILLO ANNOUNCES LANDMARK SETTLEMENT WITH KAISER IN HOMELESS PATIENT DUMPING CASES http://www.lacity.org/atty/index/attyindex56045233_05152007.pdf LOS ANGELES, - On Tuesday, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and Kaiser Permanente announced a settlement over the alleged dumping of a homeless patient on downtown's Skid Row. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5307645&ft=print mirrored for historical purposes at: http://www.kaiserpapers.info/news/ca/may15.html January 14, 2007 LOS ANGELES -- A former employee has sued Kaiser Permanente, claiming it "blackballed" her for participating in a criminal investigation into the alleged dumping of a homeless woman on skid row. Irene Hernandez, 50, of Downey said Kaiser's hospital in Bellflower stopped employing her as a registry nursing assistant after she cooperated with the Los Angeles city attorney's office investigation into alleged patient-dumping by the HMO. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070113-1229-ca-brf-homelessdumping.html http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/01/14/news/state/16_33_051_13_07.txt mirrored for historical purposes at: http://californianews.kaiserpapers.info/dumping/irenehernandez.html L.A. files patient `dumping' charges Kaiser
Permanente is
accused of leaving a homeless woman to wander on skid row.
The Los Angeles city attorney's office filed false-imprisonment and dependent-care-endangerment charges against hospital giant Kaiser Permanente on Wednesday, the first criminal prosecution of a medical center accused of "dumping" patients on skid row........ If convicted, Kaiser Permanente would be placed on probation that would limit its behavior and contain potential penalties. Any criminal finding could influence a medical facility's bonding and its ratings by medical organizations. Rosenbaum said that meetings with Kaiser and hospitals failed to yield reform — and that was part of the reason for the court filings. "It is like they lit a match to the Hippocratic oath," he said. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dumping16nov16,0,3911487.story?coll=la-home-headlines mirrored for historical purposes at: http://californianews.kaiserpapers.info/dumping/rocky.html Alleged Skid Row Dumping Is Captured on Videotape http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-dumping23mar23,1,1193808.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california Also view the video of this patient dumping on the LA Times web page listed above. Highlights: The mission has been sending tapes and written logs of alleged dumping incidents to the Los Angeles city attorney's office. Reyes of Gardena was released Monday after being a patient at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center for three days, the hospital said. Capt. Andrew Smith of the LAPD's Central Division said that he believes the taxi took Reyes to skid row against her will. Reyes said in an interview that she could not remember what happened when she left the hospital or how she got to skid row. City Councilwoman Jan Perry, who showed reporters the video at a news conference, called the dumping of the woman "egregious." mirrored for historical purposes at: http://californianews.kaiserpapers.info/dumping/dumpedreyes.html March 22, 2006 Video Said to Capture Skid Row Dumping From: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-032206dump_lat,0,5616475.story?coll=la-home-headlines By Cara Mia DiMassa Times Staff Writer - Authorities released a videotape this afternoon of what they say is the dumping of a 63-year-old woman on the streets of skid row. .....LAPD Capt. Andrew Smith said he believes the taxi took the woman, a 63-year-old Gardena resident, downtown against her will after she was discharged from Kaiser Permanente Bellflower on Monday....In addition, LAPD officials have said that they often see people with hospital wristbands on skid row, often appearing ill and sometimes wearing colostomy bags. Mirrored at: http://californianews.kaiserpapers.info/dumping/skidrow.html Friday, March 26, 1999 High Court OKs Reduced Malpractice Sum in Girl's Death State's $250,000 limit applies in suit over hospital `dumping' http://kaiserpapers.info/co/dirtylit.html Harriet Chiang, Chronicle Legal Affairs Writer She arrived at 5:30 p.m. and was examined by a staff physician, Dr. Trach Phoung Dang, who wanted to do blood tests to determine whether she had a bacterial infection. But a doctor at Kaiser Permanente Hospital told him not to do so, saying that the tests could wait until she was transferred to Kaiser. The girl was enrolled in Kaiser's health plan. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/1999/03/26/MN102692.DTL From: http://cbs2.com/consumer/local_story_016195509.html A cancer patient in the fight of his life suddenly has to fight his HMO at the same time. They cancelled his membership just when he needed it most. So we got involved to help him and what happened next could be a lesson for everyone. Scott Bracy is the father of a three-month-old baby girl, and he’s fighting for his life. In
August Scott was diagnosed
with malignant
melanoma. Doctors at Kaiser
Permanente Then,
just a
few days before his fourth scheduled
treatment, Scott received
this letter
November 17, 2000 Kaiser pays $61,000 to settle South Sac patient-dumping case Kaiser paid fines totaling $61,000 on June 28, 2000 to settle the matter, and adopted a number of measures to ensure strict compliance with the law. Kaiser's East Bay Medical Center in Richmond paid $25,000 to settle similar allegations under the 1986 Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act. http://sacramento.bcentral.com/sacramento/stories/2000/11/13/daily26.html
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