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Report criticizes Kaiser for lack of action

Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2008
If Kaiser Permanente's Fresno, CA, hospital had acted on complaints and kept a closer watch over its medical staff, two babies might still be alive, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS began investigating the hospital in October after doctors and nurses had complained repeatedly to higher-ups about perinatologist Hamid Safari's medical and interpersonal skills.