Dr L Scott Stoney, Newport Beach, California wrote:
There are several incidences of concern in this patients’ case which should be noticed. The frequency of her recurrent pneumonia is concerning as well as the type of pneumonia which she developed were concerning. The infection incidence at Sunbridge Newport was monitored quarterly and it was noted over the national average during infection control meeting in the final quarter of the year 2003. As I was medical director for this facility I had request further evaluation by the staff to the etiology of this occurrence within the facility. Multiple families had complained about this problem. Unfortunately, the administration did not take due diligence in ameliorating this problem in 2003. Lack of sufficient ventilation contributes to pneumonia. This was a sentinel event; however the administration continued to give both patients families and the undersigned a variety of excuses why it was “taking some time” to fix this problem. Upon review of the medical record, it is medically probably that this patients recurrent pneumonia (especially MRSA) was related to the physical facility.
There is another incidence of concern. Blood pressure monitoring cuffs which were not working in Sunbridge Newport in 2003. This, again, was a sentinel event and of grave concern. As medical director, this was an extraordinary event which prompted my immediate reaction as Medical Director to request the administration immediately order new blood pressure equipment for the safety of the patients within the facility. I was subsequently directly in contact from my Newport Beach private practice office with Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse Special Agent Supervisor Joseph Fendrick to discuss this matter. Unfortunately this was too late for Mrs. Evelyn Calvert, she arrived 7/16/04 to the emergency room in again respiratory distress and she died. Due to the limited response of the administration to meet patient needs, I resigned from Sunbridge Newport Rehabilitation in March, 2004 and gave sixty day notice of my termination as Medical Director from the facility. It is my opinion, as a Board Certified physician ….. that this patients death is within medical probability aggravated or in causation by the failure of the ventilator system within Sunbridge Newport as well as the failure of the blood pressure monitoring devices within the facility.”
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We need to change regulating nursing homes where they get away with manslaughter. Buzz would say this isn’t rocket science.

Deborah Calvert daughter of the late Evelyn Calvert
and former assistant to Buzz Aldrin

Curses!! That damn blogosphere!

Reminds me of one of the most disturbing South Park episodes I’ve ever seen.

The road to success is to cheat. And then if you get caught you say, “I must have misinterpreted the rules.”

And how “Foxy” of Washington Post to not only capitalize on the news, but script it as well. “Corporate Enabling” and “Journalism” is a frightening combination, although the former has proved to be, sadly, much more profitable.

We can expect no real change in our country until we address the root of the problem. Lobby and campaign reform should be the first order of business to pull the reins in on this stampede of greed.

BTW- death of newspapers? Good riddance to you.

The last line of the linked story is most telling. WaPo was looking for new revenue sources. So they packaged influence to sell it. Sad.

Sounds like the Post was caught with its pants down, and are in damage control. Not taking umbrage with the basic facts of the story, just that it wasn’t written clearly.

It’s still lipstick on a pig (to use a trite phrase) — access is for sale — unethical.

http://thehill.com/the-executive/new-group-offers-rare-entry–to-white-house-for-k-street-2009-03-25.html

These types of session are clearly OK with the White House.

DAMM RIGHT!!!!!! WE PUT YOU IN, WE CAN TAKE YOU OUT!!!!

Have no fear, when the dollar collapes the restructure will begin!

I assume the 185,000 caskets stored in the east coast and another 185,000 caskets stored in the west coast by the US government (under Bush)will be needed.

What do they know that we don’t know yet???? Complete Collapse of the US economy???? Don’t think so….look up bloomberg artical about two Jappanese men caught at the Italian/Swiss boarder with $134billion in US treasury bonds. If the bonds are valid….look out! This is the reason Hillery and VP Binden went to China last week…..Lucy you have some splaining to do?????

Can you imagine $134 billion in Treasury bonds in a suitcase????? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON????

The internet allows me to visit news sites from all over the world. I am no longer restricted to what the corporate-owned media in this country wish to give me.

I can see how they might try (and succeed?) in selling off it’s own journalists, but how might they do the same with Obama officials?

I think the President needs to investigate which of his “officials” are willing to participate in such a thing — and get rid of them.

I wish the American public would fully understand orginizations like The Builderburg Group, The Carlyle Group (which owns many health services facilities).

Companies like these grouped with newspapers are dictating the agenda. AMERICA THE FACSIST STATE!!! When corporations and government work together against the wishes of the people its called FACSISM!!!!

Tell me why God should bless America?????
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That is why I couldn’t understand the outrage from the right over the comment “God damn America” made by Reverend Wright.

Does the religious right truly believe that it’s impossible for God to damn or punish us for all the things our government has done to others in our country’s history?

We assassinate democratically elected leaders from other countries at the request of corporations. We allow oil companies to destroy the environment of other countries which has led to the death of it’s natives. Look what we did to the Native Americans? Look how we treated Black Americans, look who we treat immigrants. Look at all of the greed that drives our country. Look at our culture, how we treat the poor, the sick, the elderly.

Yet those on the right think God looks down upon America as the bastion of Christianity and good will. Give me a break! We are damned!

but officials of the obama administration COULD???

yikes.

We need to know which Obama officials and they need to be fired immediately. OR he can not bother to run in 2012.
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Don’t worry Shayne. If Obama drops the ball on a public option, if Cap & Trade does lead to higher energy bills, if the economy continues to struggle, if unemployment grows, if the housing market continues to slid south, the republicans will take full advantage of this and President Obama will become a one term wonder.