No on Kaiser. I am a physician. I have seen many patients whose care has been inadequate at Kaiser and in whom I have had to correct their failure to treat. One outstanding case is my brother Cary who went to the Portland, Oregon, Kaiser emergency room with a case of pneumonia.

He was seen by non-physician personnel, placed on antibiotics and never evaluated further. They never did a blood test, never referred him to a physician.

He had a form of cancer, multiple myeloma, causing pneumonia. The myeloma was not diagnosed until six months later when he became severely anemic.

He later died of the disease. No on Kaiser.

Gordon Schaye, M.D.

Rolling Hills, California