Locations in cities G-R: (not counting Los Angeles): 26. Covered here: 25.
Patients who feel a need to file a complaint:
How to File a Complaint with the California Medical Board
Affiliate: Mar Monte
(covers mid-California and northern Nevada)
Winchester
Article in Monterey County Weekly
A former employee sues Planned Parenthood, alleging retaliation for speaking up about harassment
by Mary Duan, October 31, 2019
Excerpt:
The woman once responsible for cultivating donors and bringing in major cash contributions to the largest Planned Parenthood affiliate in the country has sued her former employer, alleging the organization mishandled a sexual harassment and assault claim brought by another employee, then fired her when she repeatedly expressed her concerns about it.
Elizabeth Winchester says she was fired in late 2018 from the job she held at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte after she twice complained to her supervisor and CEO Stacy Cross about how they were handling the harassment and assault complaint. In her suit, filed Oct. 10 in Monterey County Superior Court, Winchester says Planned Parenthood issued her a “final written warning for alleged professional misconduct” after her second complaint, which she made on Oct. 24, 2018, and that her subsequent firing was in retaliation.
Winchester
Article in Monterey County Weekly
(same as above)
A former employee sues Planned Parenthood, alleging retaliation for speaking up about harassment
by Mary Duan, October 31, 2019
Excerpt:
Winchester also alleges Planned Parenthood Mar Monte violated state labor codes, requiring her to work extra hours without paying her overtime and failing to provide her both required rest breaks and required meal breaks. The suit also claims that upon her firing, Planned Parenthood failed to pay her all past due wages.
Gilroy
Document:
Highlights:
A patient had a relative working at the clinic. She told a staff member that she didn’t want this relative to know about her visit. However, the staff member went against the patient’s wishes and told the relative not only about the visit, but also personal health information, including the confidential results of the patient’s test.
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Glendora
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Hayward
Article from The San Francisco Chronicle:
Monty Patterson learns about RU-486 the hard way
Julian Guthrie,
Excerpt:
It was just after 9 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2003, when Monty Patterson got the call from the hospital. His daughter was in intensive care, and Patterson, a construction supervisor working on a home in the Oakland hills, was told to hurry.
At ValleyCare Medical Center in Pleasanton, Patterson, a divorced dad, was informed that Holly, who had turned 18 three weeks earlier, had an infection from an “incomplete abortion.” The doctor said Holly had taken the abortion pill Sept. 10, and was in septic shock . . .
Efforts to save the vivacious teenager with the blond hair and bright blue eyes failed. She died shortly before 2 p.m.
Article from Huffpost:
Monty Patterson Critical of Planned Parenthood’s Practices After Daughter’s Death
by Carly Schwartz, December 6, 2011
On September 17, 2003, Monty Patterson rushed to ValleyCare Medical Center in Pleasanton, Calif., where his 18-year-old daughter, Holly, was suffering from septic shock brought on by a medical abortion. Five hours later, Holly was dead . . .
Holly had visited a Planned Parenthood center a week earlier seeking RU-486 — a medical abortion pill — but the center did not follow FDA guidelines when administering the medication. As a result, Holly died from a severe infection brought on by an incomplete abortion . . .
After extensive research, Patterson claimed that it was not only the medication that killed her, but also what he believes to be its improper application, as directed by the Planned Parenthood center that Holly visited. And according to Patterson, this practice is dangerously common. In his research, he claims to have uncovered other previously unreported deaths linked to the pill.
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Lakewood
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Lawndale
South Bay
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Long Beach
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Madera
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Merced
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Mission Viejo
PP has also opened a Melody Women’s Health at the same address.
The Better Business Bureau webpage lists this center under “did not disclose” and states: “This charitable organization either has not responded to written BBB requests for information or has declined to be evaluated in relation to BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.”
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Modesto
this center’s Better Business Bureau page for complaints and reviews
Indeed.com Planned Parenthood Employee Reviews for Modesto
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Moreno Valley
Documents:
Highlights:
Two patients were tested for STDs. Patient A was sent Patient B’s results, and Patient B was sent Patient A’s results. Included in the letters were the wrong patient’s name, address, and documentation of a positive chlamydia test.
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Mountain View
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Napa
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North Highlands
this center’s Better Business Bureau page for complaints and reviews
Indeed.com Planned Parenthood Employee Reviews for North Highlands, CA
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Oakland
East
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Orange
February 22, 2013:
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Health Violation Document:
Highlights:
One patient suffered copious bleeding after surgery and was sent to the hospital to be treated for complications and blood loss. Staff failed to properly document the incident in their records.
A second patient also bled heavily after surgery. She was sent home with active bleeding after passing a large blood clot. She returned to the facility for further treatment. It was estimated from her hemoglobin level that she lost 720 ml of blood. The clinic failed to document the amount of blood loss in their records.
Document:
Highlights:
A staff member who was related to the father of a patient’s child (in other words, a relative of the patient’s current or former boyfriend/partner) accessed the patient’s chart on four separate occasions without authorization. The staff member also revealed the patient’s private health information to others. When questioned, the staff member acknowledged that she looked up the records out of “curiosity.”
On multiple occasions, patients were handed urine specimen cups with other patients’ names and dates of birth on them.
A physician’s assistant gave a patient another patient’s prescription, allowing the patient to see the other patient’s name and the medicine prescribed to her. The prescription also included the other patient’s phone number, address, and birth date.
A staff member handed a patient the wrong paperwork, revealing to her another patient’s name and birth date.
Three different times, staff handed a patient another patient’s Family Pact ID card, revealing the other patient’s name, date of birth, and ID number.
A patient asked for her records, and the printout included the records of another patient. This breach of privacy was especially serious because, in addition to name, date of birth, address, phone number, and medical history, it revealed part of the other patient’s social security number.
A patient was given the wrong login information for the clinic’s patient portal. This meant that she had full access to another patient’s records.
A staff member left a packet of papers with the personal information of multiple patients in the bathroom, where they were found and turned in by another patient. These papers contained names, phone numbers, addresses, and in one case, a social security number. Also revealed were income, date of last menstrual period, and family size of some patients. Any patient or staff in the clinic had access to this information, which was left unsecured and unattended.
The medical records of one patient were faxed to a stranger rather than the intended party. A staff member entered the wrong fax number. This constituted a breach of privacy.
Staff attempted to impede the investigation into the breach of privacy mentioned above about the patient portal. They refused to cooperate with investigators and wouldn’t grant them access to medical records as required by law.
Indeed.com Planned Parenthood Employee Reviews for Orange, CA
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Palmdale
Antelope Valley
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Pasadena
Article from Pasadena Now
Planned Parenthood Pasadena Sued Over Allegedly Wrong ‘Common Constipation’ Diagnosis
City News Service, August 22, 2023
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Pomona
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Rancho Mirage
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Redding
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Redwood City
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Richmond
Hilltop
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Riverside
Flaster Family
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Goode
Article fromthe Los Angeles Times
Abortion procedure caused death of Riverside woman, lawsuit alleges
by Jonathan Abrams, June 21, 20017
Excerpt:
The mother of a Riverside woman who died of toxic shock syndrome after allegedly undergoing an abortion procedure at Planned Parenthood filed a malpractice suit against the organization and a Riverside County hospital this week.
The lawsuit alleges that . . . a nurse inserted cervical dilators, used to gradually expand the cervix in preparation for second-trimester abortions, despite the fact that Goode had a vaginal infection.
The dilators, which are shaped like small sticks and consist primarily of seaweed, became a conduit that spread the infection to the rest of her body, the lawsuit alleges.
Article from the Orange Register
Mother blames Riverside abortion procedure for daughter’s death
June 25, 2007
Excerpt:
“My daughter made a choice, but she didn’t choose to die,” Meloncon [her mother] said. “A lost dog gets more attention than my daughter did. This has really torn at my family.”
Planned Parenthood mailed two letters to Goode stating the dilators needed to be taken out, but Meloncon said the family never received the letters. The woman said Planned Parenthood should have been more aggressive in contacting her daughter . . .
With her condition deteriorating, Goode was taken to Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley on Feb. 4. A blood test confirmed Goode was pregnant, and Meloncon said she asked that a pelvic examination be performed.
But the hospital said it couldn’t perform one because Goode would not consent, the suit said.
“She was confused and disorientated,” Meloncon said. “It was totally out of character for what her behavior normally is.”
The hospital performed a pelvic examination Feb. 13 and found the dilators. Goode had a miscarriage that day and died the next, the lawsuit said.
Documents:
Highlights:
A staff member placed the wrong label on a health access program card, allowing a patient to see the name, date of birth, and the medical record number of another patient.
Lab results for a patient were mailed to the wrong address.
A male staff member accessed a female patient’s records without permission to obtain her cell phone number. He wanted it for his own “personal use.” The staff member then texted the patient and asked if he could continue to text her. The patient reported this breach of privacy and unwanted contact to the clinic.
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Roseville
this center’s Better Business Bureau page for complaints and reviews
Indeed.com Planned Parenthood Employee Reviews for Roseville, CA
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