This sort of thing is a 911 emergency even though law enforcement does not recognize such emergence of lost of priority to its dastardly deeded end game point of ruin, reckoning, and death in its aftermath.
Every country presents its own studies in contrast, but South Africa offers some of the starkest. The celebrated “rainbow nation,” defined by its generational struggle for racial equality, is the global poster child of economic inequality, where deep poverty sits in the shadow of astronomical wealth. The post-apartheid republic is built on what’s arguably the world’s most liberal and modern constitution, but is also hobbled by age-old problems of corruption, state failure, tribalism and cronyism.
The recent riots in the country’s two most populous provinces reflect, in many aspects, a uniquely South African tragedy. But lurking within the scenes of looting and violence, which saw at least 212 people killed amid the worst unrest since the end of apartheid in 1994, is a broader global parable. What happened in South Africa is what happens when the gross inequality that shapes a whole society boils over. And it’s also what happens when a major political faction and influential leader prioritize their own interests over the integrity of their country’s democracy.
The immediate trigger for the unrest at the beginning of last week was the jailing of Jacob Zuma, the former South African president now implicated in a sprawling inquiry into allegations of bribery and corruption under his tenure. Zuma was held in contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison for his repeated refusal to participate in the trial’s proceedings. Government officials labeled what followed as an “insurrection,” with protests led by Zuma’s supporters spiraling into full-blown riots in townships in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces (home to the major urban centers of Johannesburg and Durban, respectively). Major highways were blocked, trucks burned, shops and even schools and medical offices ransacked. The army was deployed, but the upheaval still wreaked more than $1 billion in damage and led to scores being killed amid stampedes and clashes with police and vigilantes.
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We here in the United States are speeding for such the same course -- why are we not doing something to avoid it?
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We here in the United States are speeding for such the same course -- why are we not doing something to avoid it?
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We here in the United States are speeding for such the same course -- why are we not doing something to avoid it?
For your information, this is only the 2nd time that I have had an active portal account and used it after getting my blood drawn. The first time, it seemed to be instant results more or less the next day or so.
I went into the San Bernardino CA Labcorp without an appointment. That was on Mar 23rd, 2022. I confirmed this date because I took a Lyft from my home. Anyway, the Doctor told me once I got my blood drawn, call for an appointment.
So I did that. The appointment is set for tomorrow [ March 30th ] at 2:30 pm.
I logged on this morning of the day before, and there does not seem to be a record of my test or that I have anything pending or showing as test results.
That makes this perhaps an
Oopsie Daisy Moment. This will be only the 2nd time I have met in a medical session with this doctor. I have an EXTREME ISSUE that I am attempting to find a resolution and remedy for that has been very problematic since March of 2019l.
My plan group's admin is:
Prospect Medical Group/ Upland Medical Group With a Humana Healthcare Plan.
I am an OPEN BOOK when it comes to documenting these matters of an extreme disservice by healthcare providers. REALLY SERIOUS!
Yesterday [ March 28th ]. I talked with
Sharron at Prospect Medical; Group (855) 696-6596
She commented about my name caller i d change on my phone.
Name shared is "Martin Houser"
She had called here to schedule my annual In-home preventative health screen test.
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{{@SHOUT}}
MY NEEDS ARE VERY VERY VERY DIRE IN VIEW OF HOW SERIOUSLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME SO FAR HAS NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED OR RECONCILED TO A RESOLUTION!
I AM HERE DEMANDING FROM EVERYONE!
{{@CrisisMan}}
From the correction of agency from every single interface in this, can you please forward this contact correspondence so I can have a very specific ASSIGNED CASE MANAGER that can be taken into view ----
SERIOUSLY! --- Posted across social media and youtube is this # tagging.
{{@SHOUT}}
# H I V UNTREATABLE
{{@CrisisMan}}
I have not had a TRUSTWORTHY ACCESS to HIV CARE since March of 2019 when my then DOCTOR at Borrego Health terminated my care for no justifiable reason.
Not a single healthcare provider is willing to have this open to a discussion, and I am LITERALLY and ACTUALLY
DYING of HIV when I should not be! Human No Longer Breathing Death Dying.
With what I know is possible to the interfering elements of my life that goes all of the way back to 2005, the opening of violations to my privacy and perhaps BLACKLISTING my care throughout my city regional area is perhaps an issue.
The doctor when I returned back to my hometown in July of 2017 has a name.
Doctor Christopher Eric Berger Employer: San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health
Until this is straightened out -- I am using the @DISQUS tool which is featured as a commenting tool attached to the provider's NPI record
I told Sharron at Prospect Medical Group of her following forward her agenda on my care WILL NOT OCCUR PRIOR TO this COMMITTED INTERVENTION AND CHANGE OF COURSE --- TO ADDRESS THESE IN SOME KIND OF PROPER UNDERSTANDINGS HERE!
New courses OF ADDRESS,
[##] A real human person named case manager with his or her real licence number, school education sources, and NPI Number.
[##], My Full detailed medical records will be AUDITED - Transaction by Transaction since I arrived back in my hometown in July of 2017.
I am not setting a new direction and burying what has happened in my case under the rug.
When I called, Sharron commented on my Caller ID name.
I told Sharron, YES -- I HAVE TO EVEN CONSIDERED A TRUE LEGAL NAME CHANGE if I cannot get this straightened up.
{{@SHOUT}}
MY MEDICAL RECORDS ARE COMPLETELY TWISTED AND SCREWED UP!
{{@CrisisMan}}
Everywhere I have turned to so far going on 5 years now, I get absolutely ZERO RESPONSES for my efforts to RECONCILE AND REALTY AUDIT this into rebalance.
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{{@SHOUT}}
"I DEMAND AN UNDECLINABLE DELIVERANCE OF THE TRUTH"
{{@CrisisMan}}
This goes out to my medical providers. every single person must remain professional and what that means in this view.
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A @RealityAudit MUST COMMENCE AND MADE IMPERATIVE TO MAKE AN COURSE CORRECTION TO OBTAIN RELIABLE AND ADEQUATE CARE TO SAVE MY LIFE!
THE MAIN PATIENT SIDE OF THE JOURNAL MUST BE MADE INCLUSIVE ON THE PART OF MY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS --- I DEMAND THIS --- NOW!
These are VERY VERY SERIOUS MATTERS and I EXPECT ONLY COMPLETE PROFESSIONALISM ON YOUR PART AND I AM EXPECTING THIS TO THE LEVEL STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE!
Thank You Kindly Ladies and Sirs For Your UNDECLINABLE INVOLVEMENT HERE!
James Martin Driskill 3260 Grande Vista San Bernardino CA 92405 34°09'03.5" North 117°18'40.3" West
Google Maps Identified As: @Gruwup.net : Peacebuilding WebSite Headquarters School
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The new submission added to Contact Us - Labcorp Patient Portal
I have never in my life met such a rude doctor! He is very stern and lacks conversation! Doesn't know How to make his patients feel welcomed! I have been taking my kid there for over a year, and I have never seen him smile! He is very rude, made me feel insignificant and belittled! He is not in the right field! Professed to be a christian, as a christian i pray that he has a change of heart and learns how to treat his patients like humans and not robots! Very poor customer service and wouldn't recommend it to anyone! I would rather go to the ghetto! Sorry to leave such a review but i write this in complete honesty!
I was a patient at this office for about 3 years. The attitude and lack of helpfulness of the office staff is appalling. I moved to Virginia and have been trying to get a copy of my medical records for over a year (my new doctor tried as well). Clearly people are only paid to sit at the desk, answer the phone and lie because that is all they have done. How do you work in healthcare (which I do as well) and have such a disregard for patients in need of treatment? I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone and hope they change their ways or close their doors as soon as possible.
My daughter was seen there for her first 2 years of age and the staff seemed inexperienced in putting shots. Long wait times(getting a room and once in the room to be seen) even though I arrived earlier than appointment time. Quick face time with doctors-little to no interaction with my child.
I would not recommend this place. The doctors are condescending and don't take the time to explain concerns you have. I've taken my son here a few times and the experience has been the same. Dr. Richard M. Kangah as well as the other PA are often defensive which hinders the ability for patients to ask questions. From my experience they feel defensive and answer in a condescending manner rather than trying to explain and address a concern.
Doctors should work with patients by making them feel welcome and cared for. This forms a dynamic between the caregiver and the patient that fosters better communication. It is disappointing when patients are undermined or questions are regarded as stupid or as a direct attack to the doctors ability.
My family and I have been seeing Dr K and his wife for years. They are very patient and understanding. The staff is helpful. The wait times aren't too bad. I would recommend this team.
I have been coming to Dr.Kangah for about 4yrs now, and I have had the best experience ever. My father hates coming to doctors but ever since I have been coming to Ultimate Medical Practice my father does not complain about seeing Dr. Kangah. The girls at the clinic are very helpful, once in a while you will hear them say NO CELLPHONES but it's under stable because that is their office policy. Other than that I would recommend this clinic for a family.
Long wait: I was waiting 3 hours the first day nobody ever came to the room. They gave me an appointment the next day. It was the same 2 hours waiting for nobody to check me. That is the most irresponsible thing someone can do, even if it is a Doctor. The receptionist was lying to cover the doctor. It’s a shame this place, I just want to get the insurance payment.
I went in for a serious concern to my health, and to get a referral for a specialist. I continued to press him about the referral, but the doctor kept insisting that nothing was wrong with me. only for me to find out from my new primary care physician, that there was something wrong with my health. I would not recommend it.
Dr. Kangah is a very kind man and is excellent with kids. He always makes our children feel safe and makes them laugh. Dr. Kangah is highly recommended!
They filled out 2 different forms for my EDD disability paperwork. It took them forever to fill out their portion only for EDD to contact me stating basic missing information that has stopped my patent process for almost a month now. The front desk staff isn't organized, professional or very knowledgeable. It sucks here.
It's alright here. Staff is nice but pretty slow. Didn't remember basic things like papers they were supposed to give me. Two different times I was told one thing by the Doctors and actually found out something different. So I can't say they are very knowledgeable here. Wait time is usually fast and it's a clean place. That's about it.
My husband and I have been seeing Dr. Kangah for several years now. We find him very knowledgeable and caring! We are very comfortable with him and the staff!
Staff ,takes forever to re-send fax or e-mails back.To many medical assistant an seems like nothing gets done on time,There are respectful and seemed concern during your visit,but they need to be more organised an check fax machine daily,answer phone and returned calls.About doctor Richard ,he may not be a man with a smile or a person that likes to say greeting,but he knows just the right medication to give.That is a 1 star 🤔 ..Note about authorizations,referrals 🤕clinic is the worse,you will have to be on the phone every day till you get what you need 🤕.Needs lots of improvement and above all EMPATHY TOWARDS PATIENTS...#2star is for the clean waiting area and restrooms..😯
They take time with you, and they have a strong emphasis on diet and exercise. Which is practical healthcare. I like doctors that try to fix the problem, instead of masking it by only treating symptoms.
If there were no stars and you can put it I i would this place acts rather like a urgent care than a doctors office I had an appointment at 3:00 pm and I still have not been seen and it's 4:40pm and when I ask for results they say they are going to send them but they don't then when you ask for them they only send a couple I had to go through z my insurance company to get the results I needed just to get my sleep machine
End of Google Reviews -- More Here -- I speak from the child's view \
of Mother FireDancer -- of her son --- your new patient Doctor.
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{{@BoySon}}
My name is James Martin Driskill and I have a very concerning story to inform everyone who is involved in my face-to-face life no matter who, what, where, or why they are present. Each one of these face-to-face encounters is within the "circle of influence" and must be influenced and given the truth -- to persuade a drastic immediate course correction.
The train we are riding needs to be derailed.
The boat we are all in needs to be rocked and sunk.
Something Sinister is working in all of this.
Something rotten to the core.
Something said here goes unsaid among the elite.
But nonetheless, the elite know exactly what is said is the underlying truth that they struggle to be able to confer to a conversation of a serious tone in all of this madness.
My accounts of experience documented what may be thought of as invisible.
working behind is not all that invisible.
What is working inverse to common wisdom,
is proof that I have indeed documented in my live life journal webspace since 2005.
This matter is self-evident. The matter is a conspiracy.
This matter is provable more than just a preponderance of the evidence.
The self-evident record is indeed beyond a reasonable doubt.
There is no excuse to not hold an honest doctor/patient relationship here.
There are no justifications for what has happened to me.
{{@SHOUT}}
INTOLERABLE!
UNACCEPTABLE!
I GIVE NO CONSENT TO PROCEED AS THOUGH THERE IS NO UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT IS SO TABOO!
SO UNREASONABLE FOR YOU TO LOSE YOURSELF TO HAVE TO LIE TO ME IN ALL HELLS BELLS CONDUCT UNBECOMING PROFESSIONAL TO KEEP AND CARRY ON THIS LIE!
FUCK YOU ALL HATERS!
{{@MONSTER}}
FUCK YOU ALL HATERS!
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FUCK YOU ALL HATERS!
{{@CrisisMan}}
FUCK YOU ALL HATERS!
{{@SHOUT}}
INTOLERABLE!
UNACCEPTABLE!
FUCK YOU AND EVERYONE THAT YOU HANG AROUND WITHIN THE SAME MIND FRAMES!!
FUCK YOU ALL HATERS! GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS COUNTRY
WITH SUCH HATE! YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE IN YOUR
INTENTION OF CIVIL COLLAPSE AND COUNTRY DESTRUCTION!
{{@BoySon}}
I WILL DIE FIRST BEFORE I ALLOW YOU TO HAVE ANY KIND OF SUPERIORITY IN THIS VIEW.
THAT I MUST SUBMIT TO CARRY ON IN A DECEPTION TO SAVE MY LIFE FROM THIS,
TO REMAIN SUBORDINATE TO YOUR CAUSE OF A GREAT DARKNESS IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF SUCH SHADOW CASTING!
TO SAVE MY LIFE FROM THIS? FROM THIS?
TRAJECTORY!
FUCK YOU ALL HATERS!
{{@SHOUT}}
THIS IS AN UNCONDITIONAL DEMAND OF AN UNDECLINABLE DELIVERANCE OF THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
NEW DIRECTIONS NOW!
NEW COMMITMENTS MUST BE PLEDGED TO ME AS PATIENT -- IN WRITING!
{{@BoySon}}
AS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE STANDARD HERE,
IS THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE!
OR, OR, OR, WAR, WAR, OR, OR, O. R., What?
IT IS INSANITY AND MADNESS TO CONTINUE UNCHALLENGED AND UNCHANGED OTHERWISE!
Attention The Spotlight Focus Is On You Doctor Richard Kangah of Ultimate -- Ugh Ugh Ugh Ultimate?
Ultimate Medical Practice? Seriously Can We Define Ultimate -- a name is a name after all!
Doctor, Will You Actually Live Up To My Expectations Of Your Ultimate Namesake?
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ultimate
Word Meaning 1:
adjective being or happening at the end of a process; final. "their ultimate aim was to force his resignation"
Similar Words and Topics: eventual last final concluding conclusive terminal end endmost furthest resulting ensuing consequent subsequent,
Opposite Meanings Are: immediate
Word Meaning 2:
noun
the best achievable or imaginable of its kind. "the ultimate in decorative luxury"
Similar Words and Topics:
utmost optimum last word very limit height epitome peak pinnacle acme apex apogee zenith culmination perfection nonpareil extreme extremity crème de la crème dernier cri beau idéal ne plus ultra the bee's knees the cat's pajamas/whiskers nonesuch
Word Meaning 3:
a final or fundamental fact or principle.
After passing these expressed views, there should absolutely be no misunderstandings between patient and doctor, right? People also ask
Question: What is the true meaning of Ultimate? 1a : last in a progression or series : final their ultimate destination was Paris. b : eventual sense 2 they hoped for ultimate success. c : the best or most extreme of its kind : utmost the ultimate sacrifice. d : most remote in space or time : farthest.
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Question: What is the synonym of Ultimate?
Some common synonyms of ultimate are final, last, and terminal. While all these words mean "following all others (as in time, order, or importance)," ultimate implies the last degree or stage of a long process beyond which further progress or change is impossible.
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Question: What is ultimate person?
He is strong, he protects, he fights for right and no one defines him but him. He provides, he creates a better world, a constantly improving place to live, he is good at what he does. He is a competitor, he works for no man yet serves many.Nov 2, 2016
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Question: Does Ultimate mean supreme? [ Obviously as applied to Ultimate Medical Practice, Perhaps Practice Makes Perfect? We have a huge cassium and void of reasing here -- I think someone should explain this to our family for fucking sure! ]
Question: Does Ultimate mean supreme?
As adjectives the difference between supreme and ultimate
is that supreme is dominant, having power over all others while ultimate is final; last in a series.
As adjectives the difference between supreme and ultimate
is that supreme is dominant, having power over all others while ultimate is final; last in a series.
As nouns the difference between supreme and ultimate
is that supreme is (cookery) a breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached while ultimate is the most basic or fundamental of a set of things.
As a verb supreme
is (cooking) to divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.
Doctor, will you open yourself to a view - you can't ask supreme against me?
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Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.
(cookery) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
(cookery) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.
And Doctor Sir, Based On What I know -- You really can not hold yourself to be Ultimate without a full detailed durable conversation with impact - please confer a conversation with me!
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(of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
the ultimate pleasure
the ultimate disappointment
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Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
That will happen at some time; eventual.
Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
* Coleridge
those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict
Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.
That might show some decent change of focus -- and respond to some of these very telling reviews. Are you saying these people are not being truthful - your character seems to be a bit dull and tarnished here - and don't want to know what could be the future happening - if we fail and we break from pure insane mania on your part doctor.
Care to explain this with honesty Sir Doctor Please?
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on February 25th, 2020
Worst doctor ever. Verbal assault patients.
No bedside manner
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on March 13th, 2019
He acts uncaring, rushes his patients and isn't thorough.
Four Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on April 19th, 2017
One Star
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on January 10th, 2017
Dr
Khanga has poor bedside manners as well as no patients with his
patients He let me go as a patient without warning while I was having
major back surgery I had to constantly tell him that I needed
an MRI since the x rays came back negative even after I got hurt on the
public bus he ignored the results that came back from the MRIs Always
asking me what do I need to do next if he read the history and physical
he would know what to do next instead I get treated like I'm lying about
what is hurting I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking its just
his personality then he lets me go when I needed him the most
One Star
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on September 30th, 2016
Three Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on June 1st, 2016
Five Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on April 20th, 2016
Five Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on February 11th, 2016
Five Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on December 21st, 2015
Five Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on December 1st, 2015
One Star
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on May 15th, 2015
Five Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on September 30th, 2011
Dr.Kangah
has been my surgeon since I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2004
and again in 2006. I honestly don't know how I would have gotten through
the process without his positive energy and professionalism. He had the best bedside manner than all the physicians on my team
he is the best
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on July 28th, 2011
Poor clinical skills
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on May 29th, 2011
How
can this guy be a surgeon? Horrible training , and even worse technical
skills. Remember that the operation itself is not the hard part, it's
recognizing when and why the operation should be performed.
One Star
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on May 18th, 2011
Five Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on February 16th, 2011
Five Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on January 22nd, 2010
Five Stars
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on April 18th, 2009
very good doctor
Arrogant
Self-verified patient of Richard Kangah - Posted on March 31st, 2009
Although
this doctor is an extremely qualified and competent surgeon, he shows
little respect for the family of the patient. The manner in which he
treats staff members and families makes it appear that he has no respect at all for women (spouse/nurses).
How about we agree -- we agree to not settle on disagreeing -- we settle on reconcillation and resolve for a change. We agree to not lie to each other respectfully. To our best work of the standard of excellence. We make a new commitment for which I require that be a new contract in writing. Let's agree that is a justified need here and not an optional passing over.
Why can't you just tell me the truth? Hard to believe the things you say Why can't you feel the tears I cry today? Cry today, cry today
How do you win if we all lose? You change the facts to justify Your lips move but your words get in the way In the way, in the way
Kings and queens, crooks and thieves You don't see the forest for the trees Head and heart, on our knees You can't see what we all see
How do you sleep when the world keeps turning? All that we built has come undone How do you sleep when the world is burning? Everyone answers to someone
Don't lie to me, don't lie to me, you lie to me Don't lie to me, don't lie to me, you lie to me
You can build towers of bronze and gold You can paint castles in the sky You can use smoke and mirrors, old clichés Not today, not today
Kings and queens, crooks and thieves You don't see the forest for the trees Hand on heart, down on knees You can't see what everyone sees
How do you sleep when the world keeps turning? All that we built has come undone How do you sleep when the world is burning? Everyone answers to someone
Don't lie to me, don't lie to me, you lie to me Don't lie to me, don't lie to me, you lie to me
Can't you see I'm crying? Can't you see we're crying? Where's the new horizon? Where's the new horizon?
How do you sleep? How do you sleep? How do you sleep?
How do you sleep when the world keeps turning? All that we built has come undone Enough is enough How do you sleep when the world is burning? Everyone answers to someone
Don't lie to me, don't lie to me, you lie to me Don't lie to me, don't lie to me, you lie to me
Can't you see I'm crying? Can't you see we're crying? Everyone answers to someone
REDLANDS – Surgeon Richard Kangah was found negligent Monday in a
wrongful death suit by the husband of a woman he operated on in May
2009.
San Bernardino County Superior Court documents said that Kangah, a
general surgeon with Redlands Community Hospital and Beaver Medical
Group, was “negligent in the diagnosis or treatment,” and his negligence
was a “substantial factor in causing damage” to Dirk Hansen, whose wife
Kathy died May 8, 2009, after undergoing surgery to remove part of her
pancreas at Redlands Community Hospital. A unanimous jury awarded Dirk
Hansen more than $4.4 million in damages.
Physician Wisam Haddad, who assisted Kangah, also was found
negligent, but his involvement as an assistant surgeon was not a
substantial factor in the woman’s death, according to court documents.
“This patient went in for a very complicated procedure with no
knowledge or information that she may be safer in the hands of a more
experienced surgeon, and died as a result of Dr. Kangah’s negligence
during the procedure,” said Redlands attorney Jeffrey Raynes, who
represented Hansen.
Thompson & Colegate LLP in Riverside, the firm representing Kangah, declined to comment Wednesday.
Redlands Community Hospital was named in the suit filed April 29,
2010, in the Superior Court, and dismissed from the case by court order
Dec. 15, 2010.
“It’s not an RCH problem, it’s a physician problem,” Raynes said.
The surgery performed on Kathy Hansen, known as a Whipple procedure,
is the most common surgery for cancer of the pancreas, according to the
American Cancer Society.
It is a “very complex operation,” and “best done by a surgeon who has
done it many times in a hospital that does at least 20 Whipple
procedures per year. This surgery is a major operation that carries a
fairly high risk of complications that may be fatal,” according to the
American Cancer Society’s website.
Raynes said the procedure is done at Redlands Community Hospital a
few times a year. A facility that performs it less than seven times a
year is considered a low-volume center, he said. Kangah had performed
the surgery three times in his career before Kathy Hansen’s, he said.
A major vein was torn and repaired during Kathy Hansen’s surgery, and
she was taken in for a second surgery. She died that evening, Raynes
said.
He said Hansen, who worked about nine years as a certified medical
assistant for two family practitioners at the Highland Beaver facility,
ended up not having cancer.
“They had reasonable suspicion,” he said. “The fact they operated was not an incorrect decision.”
“So the surgery needed to be done to remove a mass or tumor on the
pancreas, but this is a procedure (in which) the patient should be
referred to a major facility like USC, UCLA,” he said.
He said Haddad did not correctly voice concerns during the procedure,
but the jury determined “even if he did Kangah would have gone
forward,” he said.
“Ultimately the decision making was the surgeon’s,” he said.
Raynes said Wednesday the court has 10 days to modify judgment.
Kangah performed the first general surgery with the hospital’s new da
Vinci surgical robot in May 2009, and traveled to Haiti to offer
medical aid in April 2010.