Blog #4

In the Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik wrote an article about the legislature contemplating pulling the plug on Medical Board. The board does its share that it needs to, but it has become a danger to the community. Many patients have died, doctors have continued to work after their malpractice has surfaced, and clinics have been open for years after dangerous conditions have been identified. The board is facing a crisis of its own, it is up for legislative re-authorization, the legislature is talking about taking out the current membership and their executive director. The board stands by while its program is falling to pieces, and the medical centers which they have opened are becoming nonexistent. People are dying in the hands of these doctors, and they are the ones who are suppose to keep the patients safe, this the board should already know but it came to them out of know where and seemed a bit odd. The medical board agreed to accept tougher disciplinary action, but never fulfilled that promise. The board executive, said that tougher disciplinary action was not needed unless a patient complained  about a doctor. The medical board has all the power it needs to start investigations on its own, it just chooses not to.