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Jayant Patel Stories "Dr Death'' was first coined by Dr Patel's colleagues at the hospital and not by his former patients or the media. For background on the Jayant Patel case Please View: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/malpractice/ Ex-surgeon's troubled career leads to jail cell
Jayant M. Patel, once a medical star in Oregon, is arrested
for extradition to Australia, where he's known as "Dr.
Death"
Wednesday, March 12,
2008 SUSAN GOLDSMITH and DON COLBURN
The Oregonian Staffhttp://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/120529410566270.xml&coll=7 Regarding the extradition of Jayant M. Patel - please read our blog entry on this topic at: http://kaiserpapersblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/for-about-week-there-has-been-dramatic.html NOTE FOR ALL JAYANT PATEL STORIES - THOSE SEEKING LEGAL REDRESS FROM JAYANT PATEL AND KAISER PERMANENTE SHOULD READ THE DOCUMENTS AT: HTTP://SELFINCRIMINATION.KAISERPAPERS.INFO. IN PARTICULAR THE PHYSICIAN DECLARATION AND LAWSUITS SECTION RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO A DR. M.T. MCENANY. PATEL STORIES ARE ALSO CROSS REFERENCED AT: formoney.kaiserpapers.info There they are grouped with other physicians that have the same pattern of behavior. This shows a systemic corporate pattern of behavior and should be useful information for the victims of these men. A KAISERPERMANENTE CORPORATE PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR (SAME STORY AS JAYANT PATEL AND THE WAY KAISER TRIED TO HIDE WHAT PATEL WAS DOING AND FOIST HIM OFF ONTO SOMEONE ELSE). KAISER PERMANENTE AND CALIFORNIA MEDICAL BOARD COVERUP INTERNAL DOCUMENTS ARE INCLUDED. The McEnany matter began years ago, just as the Patel matter did. Just as the Patel matter continues today, victims of McEnany are also suffering because of Kaiser Permanente Corporate policies that resulted in innocent patients being harmed far away from the Kaiser Permanente system. Because the Australian Government is reported to be in the process of extraditing Jayant M. Patel from the Portland, Oregon area the following information on how the process is conducted from the District Attorney Department of the Australian Government could be useful for all of our understanding. Here is the link to that department: http://www.ag.gov.au/extraditionandma From the Oregon Medical Board - Two malpractice cases where Patel harmed the patient: http://inquiry.bme.state.or.us/inquiry/ORmalp.jsp
FORMER patients of Dr Jayant Patel are
disappointed but not surprised by revelations the rogue surgeon will
fight his extradition from the US to Australia.
AFTER
an avalanche of evidence and an intense public debate for the past two
years, Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine is now seeking a secret
tribunal hearing over rogue surgeon Jayant Patel'sDr Vijay Mehta, a senior Texas-based surgeon and friend of Dr Patel, confirmed in the United States today the Indian-trained doctor, dubbed ``Dr Death'' in Australia, was preparing for a long court battle over his extradition. Dr Patel, who fled Australia for his home in Portland, Oregon in 2005, has been linked to the deaths of 17 patients during his time as director of surgery at Bundaberg Hospital in south-east Queensland. He is wanted in Australia on charges of manslaughter, grievous bodily harm, negligence and fraud. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22697553-12377,00.html mirrored for historical purposes: http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/patelfighting.html Queensland A-G seeks secret tribunal hearinghttp://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050619/ZNYT04/506190387/1004/Local By Hedley Thomas February 14, 2007 12:30amArticle from: The Australian alleged medical negligence. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21222164-911,00.html mirrored for historical purposes at: http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/secrettribunal.html http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,21188596-3102,00.html Extradition material `complete' February
07, 2007 11:00pm Article from:
 THE
extradition process to bring
disgraced surgeon Jayant Patel back to Australia has overcome its
latest hurdle, with key material handed over yesterday to the Director
of Public Prosecutions. Attorney-General
Kerry Shine yesterday said material from a crucial witness had been
received by the DPP. The absence of the material had prevented the DPP
from formally requesting the Commonwealth begin the extradition
procedure of the former Bundaberg surgeon, now in the US. Mr
Shine told Parliament the DPP had been advised by solicitors acting on
behalf of the witness that the critical material was completed. "This
material is expected to be with the office of the director today," he
said. "Once the material has been received, the
office can
complete compiling the material required so the formal extradition
application already sent to the Commonwealth can be actioned by the
Commonwealth." A court in November issued a
warrant for the
arrest of Dr Patel who is wanted on several counts of manslaughter,
grievous bodily harm and fraud relating to his time at Bundaberg
Hospital. Police ready to get Patel By Paula Doneman of The Courier-Mail http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20800481-3102,00.html November 20, 2006 11:00pm POLICE will today take the first step to extradite disgraced surgeon Jayant Patel back to Queensland to face charges of killing and maiming patients at Bundaberg Hospital. mirrored for historical purposes at: http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/extraditepatel.html McClellan v. Patel, Civil No. 06-392-AA, July 16, 2006 http://legalstuff.kaiserpapers.info/patelcivilcase.html Kaiser defendants allege that plaintiff makes the following "administrative negligence" claims: Ian McClellan died following abdominal surgery performed by defendant Jayant Patel, M.D. Complaint, 1. The Kaiser defendants were "jointly engaged in the practice of medicine and the delivery of other healthcare services. Id. at 5. The collective defendants granted Dr. Patel surgical privileges and held Dr. Patel out to the public and plaintiff as a competent physician, specially skilled in performing abdominal surgery on children. Id. Defendant Patel was hired by the Kaiser defendants in 1989, and the Kaiser defendants were aware of at least eight medical malpractice lawsuits, some of which involved wrongful death cases and Dr. Patel's care. Id. at 11. In 1997, the Kaiser defendants began conducting an internal review of approximately 80 potential malpractice incidents involving Dr. Patel. As a result of that internal review, plaintiff alleges the Kaiser defendants restricted defendant Patel's surgical privileges in the summer of 1998, limiting his ability to perform certain abdominal procedures as well as placing other requirements on defendant Patel. Id. at 14.
Plaintiff further
alleges that the Kaiser defendants failed to inform the Oregon Board of
Medical Examiners and defendant Oregon Health Sciences University
(OHSU) about defendant Patel and his "malpractice history." Further,
plaintiff alleges that: "Despite Dr. Patel's malpractice history and
the restrictions defendant Kaiser placed on his surgical privileges,
Dr. Patel was nevertheless elevated to a position of leadership in
defendant Kaiser's pediatric surgical service. Id. at 17.
Finally, plaintiff
has alleged against the Kaiser defendants in particular, that those
defendants were negligent "in allowing Dr. Patel to operate on children
in light of the malpractice incidents that caused defendant Kaiser to
restrict his surgical privileges and put him on a professional
improvement plan approximately six months earlier;" "in failing to
report Dr. Patel's malpractice incidents between 1991 and 2005 to the
Oregon Board of Medical Examiners as required by ORS 742.400(2);" and
"in failing to have an adequate system in place between 1991 and 1999
to identify physicians and surgeons with surgical complication rates
outside the expected range." Surgeon in inquiry agrees not to practice Health
- Until his case is closed
in Australia, Dr. Jayant M.
Patel's license will be suspended in Oregon Friday,
July 14,
2006
DON COLBURN
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1152845738245850.xml&coll=7 mirrored for historical purposes at: http://formoney.kaiserpapers.info/hegotawaywithit.html Comment: This is really great news but they should have taken this action about six years ago. Patel still gets away with what he has done. He still isn't receiving any punishment and the families and patients harmed by him still have no justice. I don't know why the Oregon Medical Board didn't just kick the patients in the teeth while they were at it. One of these days a medical board or a district attorney somewhere in this country is going to wake up and realize that they are compounding the injuries against the patients with these types of actions. Claiming that it is cheaper to finally pull or suspend a license for physician criminal activity instead of addressing the issues head on is absolutely irresponsible. By letting Patel off the hook they send the message to the others that this type of behavior is ok. A physician is still a person just as any other professional that spends a number of years studying and passing tests to get a license is. Physicians should not have a different set of standards for criminal conduct. Jayant Patel participated in insurance and Medicare Fraud in this country. He harmed patients by falsely representing himself as an authority on procedures and surgeries that he performed on patients, bringing them harm for a corporations financial gain. The corporation knew what he was doing and he certainly knew what he was doing. Neither the corporation nor Jayant Patel are innocent in this matter. In Australia he did the same darn thing. His motive behind all these operations was to produce revenue for a corporation or a government entity. Plain and simple. News about doctor stirs anger over loss of matriarch Friday, March 10, 2006 By JONATHAN NELSON, Columbian staff writer complete story at: http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/03102006news11746.cfm mirrored for historical purposes at: http://formoney.kaiserpapers.info/mariemesecher.html Sandra Ickert stood by her mother's bedside in 1997 and fought back tears as she peered at the near lifeless form of Marie Mesecher..... The Oregonian reported that Kaiser Permanente, the region's largest health maintenance organization, has settled five cases involving Patel and paid out $1.8 million in two of them. Patel worked for Kaiser from 1989 until his resignation in 2001. He then went to a job in Australia. Patel left Australia in April and is now living in Portland, Houze said in the AP story. Before coming to Oregon, Patel surrendered his medical license in New York. Ickert would have appreciated knowing about Patel's past legal dealings and the fact that he surrendered his New York medical license. Instead, she said Mesecher was only given glowing accolades regarding Patel. Parents file $1.5 million lawsuit against Dr. Patel By Bob Heye and KATU.com Web Staff http://www.katu.com PORTLAND, Ore. - The man nicknamed 'Doctor Death' in Australia is now facing a $1.5 million lawsuit on top of his other troubles. mirrored for historical purposes at: http://formoney.kaiserpapers.info/ianmcclellan.html Report recommends Patel manslaughter charge - http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1520107.htm The report into Queensland's public hospitals has recommended Dr Jayant Patel be charged with manslaughter over the deaths of patients he treated at Bundaberg Base Hospital. .... The report recommends Dr Patel be referred to police and charged with manslaughter, grievous bodily harm, assault and fraud. His former employers also face disciplinary action. mirrored at: http://formoney.kaiserpapers.info/gotojailpatel.html Australian inquiry recommends manslaughter probe 11/29/2005, 8:59 p.m. PT By MERAIAH FOLEY The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — An inquiry into a disgraced surgeon said Wednesday his negligence led to the deaths of 13 patients at a rural Australian hospital and recommended he be investigated for manslaughter. In its final report, the six-month, 16 million Australian dollar (US$11.8 million; euro10 million) inquiry also recommended that two senior hospital administrators be prosecuted for their roles in hiring and promoting the surgeon, Dr. Jayant Patel. http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1133327042174890.xml&storylist=orlocal http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17410529%255E3102,00.html Patel wants his tax refund Hedley Thomas 30nov05 THE doctor whose negligence led to at least 13 deaths, countless injuries and a cost to Queensland of more than $6 billion wants a refund of taxes he paid during his two-year tenure. Dr Jayant Patel has instructed his legal team to retrieve documents from Bundaberg Base Hospital to enable him to claim a refund on tax he paid on his $200,000 a year package as director of surgery. Patel's disturbing record at Kaiser Despite a series of malpractice cases and negligent surgeries, the HMO saw Dr. Jayant Patel as anything Sunday, November 06, 2005 SUSAN GOLDSMITH and DON COLBURN http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/malpractice/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1131093370226790.xml&coll=7 Mirrored for historical purposes at: http://formoney.kaiserpapers.info/patelrecord.html Check out the Kaiser Papers Blog for opinions on what Patel has been getting away with and how the system encouraged his behavior at: http://kaiserpapersblog.blogspot.com/ Deaths and a Doctor's Past Transfix Australians "After his troubles in Oregon, Dr. Patel tried to resume practice in New York. But the medical conduct board concluded that he could be criminally prosecuted for what he had done in Oregon. Rather than face prosecution, Dr. Patel surrendered his license." originally located at:http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050619/ZNYT04/506190387/1004/Local Australia wants Patel charged http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/111839736617620.xml&coll=7 Officials say they'll pursue a homicide trial for the former Portland surgeon and suggest other cases are possible Friday, June 10, 2005 by SUSAN GOLDSMITH http://www.qld.gov.au/announcements/letter.pdfOpen Letter to Dr Jayant M. Patel from PETER BEATTIE MP - PREMIER AND MINISTER FOR TRADE http://www.qld.gov.au/announcements/letter.pdf Bundaberg Hospital Commission Report http://www.thepremier.qld.gov.au/library/pdf/default/BHCI_interim_report_10_06_05.pdf Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/cjcintranet_VSearchResult.cfm?StartRow=1&MaxRows=20&Criteria=jayant+patel&imageField2.x=0&imageField2.y=0 Letter is deja vu for Patel victims - from the Bundaberg and Region NewsMail http://www.news-mail.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3638424&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= http://www.news-mail.com.au/ WHEN news of Bundaberg’s Dr Death scandal started filtering through overseas there was one man who had heard it all before - outspoken former Kaiser Hospital physician Dr Charles Phillips. Again from the Oregonian News - May 29, 2005: The Doctors' Club http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1117274534112360.xml&coll=7 In writing warm recommendations for Dr. Jayant Patel, his ex-colleagues did no favors for a trusting public After Dr. Death had to leave Kaiser Permanente - on Kaiser letterhead - Permanente doctors wrote glowing letters to have him set up shop out of the country. Sanctions for doctor predate job in Oregon http://formoney.kaiserpapers.info/patelalsobustedinny.html New York records show findings of negligence and incompetence by Jayant M. Patel, who now is under investigation in Australia Friday, April 22, 2005 DON COLBURN and SUSAN GOLDSMITH The Oregonian Australians will conduct Patel inquiry http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/aussiecheckoutpatel.html As early as a month after Dr. Jayant Patel began, co-workers in Queensland voiced concerns Kaiser Permanente Lawsuits stacked up for 12 years surround Dr. Death - Jayant Patel - This is a story reminiscent of Kaiser Doctor - Jay Tibbles [http://www.kaiserpapers.org/kpwierdo.html], the Kaiser Permanente authority on child molestation that Kaiser knew for years was rotten to the core. Only when the police arrested him and put him in jail did they fire the guy. I believe the Dr. Death story is the same type of lack of concern for the patient with Kaiser today. They just didn't care until the outside world became involved because, I believe, that at all costs Kaiser believes that good PR is more important than good patient care. Investigation: Kaiser Permanente Portland Surgeon Dubbed 'Dr. Death' - 14 Australian Patients Died Or Suffered Complications http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/kpdrdeath.html The Courier-Mail has tracked down Kaiser Permanente Dr Jayant Patel to a million-dollar mansion in the leafy suburbs of Portland, Oregon. http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/edletter.html -79
formal medical complaints were filed.
How could all of this gone unnoticed? Police ready to get PatelBy Paula Doneman of The Courier-Mail http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20800481-3102,00.html November 20, 2006 11:00pm POLICE will today take the first step to extradite disgraced surgeon Jayant Patel back to Queensland to face charges of killing and maiming patients at Bundaberg Hospital. * Chronology regarding Dr. Patel (pdf) The Oregonian has also put together a selection of relevant information for the world to more readily access the information on Jayant Patel and understand how it happened that he was allowed to get away with it all for decades. http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/malpractice/ Medical Board Stories Kaiser, OHSU will release data on malpractice Kaiser agrees to start respecting the law and reporting their physician malpractice information. Thursday, November 17, 2005 DON COLBURN http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1132199721277010.xml&coll=7 mirrored at: http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/respectthelaw.html MEDICAL MALPRACTICE Sunday, November 13, 2005 The Oregonian Health systems must improve oversight of physicians The Nov. 6 front-page article "Patel's disturbing record at Kaiser stayed hidden for years" proved as much an indictment of our flawed health care system as it was an expose of a dangerous, arrogant surgeon. From: http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/113175690789190.xml&coll=7 Mirrored for public service purposes: http://formoney.kaiserpapers.info/subvertedlaws.html State let Kaiser, OHSU escape oversight Malpractice claims Lax enforcement kept 18 years of cases unreported, including red flags about Dr. Jayant M. Patel Monday, November 07, 2005 STEVE WOODWARD and SUSAN GOLDSMITH The Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1131265745312380.xml&coll=7 mirrored for historical and public service purposes at: http://formoney.kaiserpapers.info/nolaw.html Kaiser Computer System Stories Reply to the Oregonian Newspaper from Miguel Perez-Lizao regarding the flawed computerized system that Kaiser and the For Profit Permanente are running. http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/edletter.html -79
formal medical complaints were filed.
How could all of this gone unnoticed? Cost, image worries hamper data on doctor care A survey finds physicians are hesitant to use electronic records that would show the total and types of mistakes . Patient-care records can spotlight doctors with a history of harming patients, such as surgeon Jayant M. Patel, who practiced for more than a decade in Portland before the state disciplined him in 2000 for "gross or repeated acts of negligence." Patel, cited in 1998 by then-employer Kaiser Permanente, is under investigation for errors at an Australian hospital where he worked the past two years. Good statistics are also vital for finding subtle patterns of errors from miscommunication or oversights, such as lab results that aren't reported to patients. Many doctors say such systemic errors are more common and deadly than negligent care/ http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/drcare.htmlPatient Stories Late artist's family wins $4.5 million malpractice case A Clark County Superior Court jury has ordered Kaiser Permanente to pay $4.5 million to a Vancouver woman whose late husband’s brain tumor went misdiagnosed for several years. http://www.columbian.com/printArticle.cfm?story=173400 mirrored for historical purposes at: http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/pozzi.html Bad Docs and Nurse Stories Judge revokes release of former Beaverton nurse Deana Lyn Sweet, who's accused of taking drugs meant for a dying patient, will be held until sentencing http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/ornur.html This is the second time I have located a story like this in 2004 where a Judge has actually revoked a nurses license when a Kaiser nurse was harming a patient. "..... the attorney argued that Kaiser Permanente, which knowingly hired her despite her background, was partially at fault." KAISER BANS DOCTOR FROM SEEING PATIENTS UNDER 18 http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/salmon.html A Kaiser Permanente family practice physician will assist with the company's patient advice telephone hot line for the duration of his probation with the Washington Medical Quality Assurance Commission. Dr. Manuel Reymundo Galaviz also will assume some administrative duties through August, said James Farley, Kaiser area administrator for Clark County. Manuel Reymundo Galaviz - Kaiser Doctor charged with sexual abuse VANCOUVER
-- A doctor from Kaiser's Salmon Creek clinic has been placed
on medical probation by the state and on paid administrative leave by
his
employer, after pleading guilty in Oregon to sexual abuse.
He also agreed to alcohol and sex offender treatment programs and to avoid contact with minors other than his own children when not at work. http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/reymundo.htmlPosted on: Friday, September 27, 2002 at: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Sep/27/ln/ln09a.html Kaiser doctor released on bail By David Waite
A Kaiser-Permanente Moanalua Medical Center anesthesiologist who is facing federal drug possession and firearms charges was released on bail yesterday so he can participate in a residential drug-treatment program on the Mainland. Hazelden Springbrook residential drug treatment program in Newberg, Ore. - read entire story at: http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/bail.html Kaiser Political Agendas Disguised as Business Choices Kaiser Opposed to Oregon Universal Health Care http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/universal.html Kaiser and Permanente are supporters of Universal Health Care Programs that both companies will make money off of. They also worked to defeat the Oregon Universal Health bill that would not have brought in a lot of money for Kaiser. Perhaps they only really care about how much money they will make and all they have to say about Univeral Health Care is only about what will benefit themselves. Patients’ plight costly for everyone http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/costly.html Oct. 1, 2002 - Kaiser Permanente Northwest’s decision last week to leave the Oregon Health Plan by next July, forcing 12,000 low-income patients to find new doctors. Fines and Sanctions Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has been fined $65,000 for denying claims from 299 policyholders in Southwest Washington who received care in emergency rooms during 2003 and 2004. Originally Posted At: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003160415_kaiser29m.html Mirrored for historical purposes at: http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/65gs.html Kaiser Patient Privacy Violations http://www.columbian.com/ Molester's sentence cut due to sister's lie Thursday, August 24, 2006 By STEPHANIE RICE, Columbian staff writer A convicted child molester can thank a sister for the generous deal he got from a Clark County Superior Court judge last month. It was a sister of Robert M. Urbana who violated federal privacy laws by getting information from a victim's medical files, a report from Kaiser Permanente investigators concluded. Employee Stories Friday, May 28, 2004
The lawsuit came despite a lengthy investigation by the Oregon Department of Human Services in 2002 and 2003, which found no rule violations and concluded the employee's allegations were unfounded. Tim Coe's complaint, filed Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court, accuses Kaiser of unlawful employment practices and wrongful discharge. It seeks $250,000 in damages plus money for lost wages and benefits. Coe worked from 1997 through December 2003 as an X-ray technician at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas. http://nwnews.kaiserpapers.info/xraystandards.html Back to nwnews.kaiserpapers.info
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