California Department of Justice "Under STaffed" or Under "compassionate" : ELder ABUSE Verdict

THe Department of Justice is a Creative way of  Distinguishing a power source of some widespread use. There are more Agencies making some confusion the norm but one Agency has had the Reins in terms of Investigating and Prosecuting the WHOLE story of what happened at the Kern Valley Healthcare District, in Mt. Mesa, California.

THE DOJ are wheeling and Dealing the CARDS for many pllayers and they are the Top doggies in California, Attorney General, Kamala Harris, the leader of the pack. Harris, elected to the office of AG in 2010, alongside fellow DEMoCrAT, Jerry Brown as he Sailed into th e Governor's Mansion.

Where is the Justice Mrs. Ms. or Miss Harris? Or..mister? lol Steve Muni, Lead Prose cuter, whose prose is Cuter than other lawyers? Muni, up against, DOnald ETra and William HOWARD GInsBURG for almost a year, then a sudden Downgrading of storm conditions, to Windy, an dblustey and pOOF, in come the Public Defender, Case ends, and they all plead out.

Wow, yawn, stretch. 


Who the Hell knows as there is no satisfactory explanation for the JUDGEment oF Error RAther than selectively hearing the call to Duty.

I cannot Conceive that this Monicker, De Part ment of Just ice has no weight to throw around, therefore this IS the CA DOJ version of Throwing WEIGHT around...Hmm, who and What is gumming up the works?


So Pro bation, is a Merit of Acheivement, two Defendants, getting three years of HARD probation...?

IN fact, there are those out there who have done LESS to deserve a Good Slap on the Behind, and yet they receive this Disparity in Justice. They Suffer in a system of Incarceration, Selective. (Hmm. Very unfair, cruel in fact. Scales not even attempt the balance. )

Outwardly and openly Being CRUEL. This is a Bad state of the STate of CAlifornia Justice Dealers. 
WHat a HOOT that no one Notices what is a Great Ruse pushed right in our FACES.

WHat is happening INSIDE the DOJ in California and Beyond? WHat has Gotten into them?

LOsing means there was NO True Acknowledgement, of Deeds so dire, and NO deconstruction of the Network that ALLowed this environment to exist. Un opposed for too long. A NEt Loss, is on the books of the DOJ.

Sorry, Can't Go with the flow on this.

 It is fine that others agree to Disagree, but those who fell victim were helpless to this massive potential plot of NOTE.

I suggest, or hint, to you now, that there maybe a LINK In this chain, to other practices of a cowardly, self serving, agenda. A SYSTEm.

Yes, there would be no other reason as the reasons have repeatedly been stated on this blog. And else where. And in the back of minds, in the murmurs, in the acknowledgement of the Mingling money and Healthcare, MEDI-SiN is the result.

Power Corrupts, and the Corrupt are a MaJority. LOL In Case you Forgot to Acknowledge today.

INDUSTRIES:

Long Term Care benefits: (Quick list)

Born- Pediatric, vaccines, other INDOC tri nation.
TEen-Puberty pimples and Anti biotics, tonsils and appendix,
Tattoos, peircings,
Adult-Blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, cancer, eyesight, teeth or not, Vaccines for flues and and other UNkown or "human experiemental" Swine with their SWINE FLu and WEST NILE and queen of DENial, ETC.
ELderly Female, Grab out her Womanly GEar. Stop the HOT Flashes, tho they are Burning For some reason.
Male, UH, oh, both Viagara and Prostrate cancer up and down in the Erection Department. Control THe urge. Good one.
Finally, Plan for ALZHEIMERS we are being told.
THEn HospiCe, another way to bring Reimbursement on the scene of a life entering the DEATH industry.

From there, we enter into a FINAL round of DEATH Inducing, RITUALS, DRUGS, States of MInd, and a CONTROL finally taking it all.

YOUr Body leaves this COSTLY endeavor, and PROCEEDS On to a DEATH CAMP. lol

Yes, now you are TO LOOK as you are Now a Seperate entity, one MOVING To a BETTER PlACE, the Kingdom come of Heaven.

Religions NOw ARE BENEFICIARIES. no Matter which one, they are in the WELFARE lines, with their hands out.
While they POINT fingers at others, these UPPER WELFARE handout participants, no COnscienCE, takes from this system. But blames the little guy. Fakes it's own BUSTS, sudden a "billion is found" as Two duped sorts, get pinned in some FALSE JUSTICE for the sake of pacification. These are pacifiers, we SUCK them. lol 

REALLY?

Then your body goes WHERE? Humm, this is a potentially Very horrifying truth or Dare. What is happening in these remote regions, where are bodies in bodies of water and other not so known Trivial Pursuit of Death.

Money and Death. Life Insurance. And all sorts of new ITEMS, new DEATH industry add ons, are in the works every where. CAskets and  Baskets and Flowers, it's a BIG DREAM come true for many.

With that SAid and TRULY an expose on the whole industry, in a SNAP shot.

REMEMBER,
ANything GOES, folks, it is anything an dRun the hell away. It's not a pretty pic.

Don't Get TRAMPLED AS an exodus of some proportion Takes place. It has no victims it has only a way to GET out as fast as possible.

What happened with the DOJ?

THE world has CREATED enemies, that may or may not be, and this serves their own devices. BUT WHAT has the DOJ done?

Questions I have. I would really want to know. I"ll continue to pursue some feedback.

Dr. Hoshang Pormir sentenced 3 years probation...DOJ claims success

Dr. Hoshang Pormir was sentenced today in the Kern County Superior court to three years probation as he plead no contest to a "conspiracy" charge in the Kern Valley Healthcare District elder abuse case, as prosecutors agreed he wrote orders to drug his patients, but did not CAUSE their deaths. 

Pormir, who has been alleged to have had knowledge of the situation with his patients, according to witnesses NOT included in the California Department of Justice case, will have a felony on his record and will have some restriction as to where he can and will work continuing his career as a doctor.
 

Though co-defendant Pamela Ott, former KVHD CEO, with false credentials, and a working relationship with Pormir, hired Director of Nursing, Gwen Hughes months after the KVHD skilled nursing facility was cited for the use of "physical restraints, dehydration, weight loss," all known as "elder abuse"  Ott has also plead out and will be sentenced next month, Aug. 22.

Ott introduced Hughes to the facility and it's doctors and board members, accrediting Hughes with an "expertise" in the use of "psychiatric drugs" as in "30 years worth of experience" and this was also quoted in the small hospital's local newspaper shortly after the new DON arrived.


Hughes, however, will likely be the scapegoat, though she was responsible for the staff who administered the drugs, she was also a victim of the political climate, those trying to sweep problems under the rug, as only Ott and Pormir were involved in attempting to obtain a 12 MILLION DOLLAR BOND.

This was known as Measure M, and it came at a time that the KVHD SNF had major problems with both federal and state agencies. The six months Hughes came on was a relatively short period compared to other administrators overlooked by the DOJ investigators.

The Skilled Nursing Facility was under scrutiny in 2006, and Ott along with several co-conspirators, or board members, kept the information from the public and even law enforcement. No charges have ever been filed against any board members in this case.

First of it's kind...they say

As if it would somehow change the public perception, as if not enough manipulation has already been applied in this case, today, in the Californian article, The DOJ is supposed to have said this is a "first of it's kind" prosecution on "drugging for convenience." They didn't really add much more than to try use the climax of the case to make it look "not so dirty" what has happened.






(Prosecutor, Steven Muni, seems to have experience and education, but no shame, as this DOJ attorney has not gotten one single elder abuse defendant from KVHD to trial. Probation as it stands today, is all this prosecutor can muster from what Governor Jerry Brown, called the "worst case of elder abuse" he has ever seen.)

Or more likely to step away from the real reasons, the truth, as it played no role whatsoever in this case.

The case of the state of California was it's own agenda and a complete fraud and fabrication. I say that with the utmost certainty. And under oath perhaps, one day?

This blog and all it's contents, is dedicated to those who suffered and continue to do so. Some have died. And for those who were bullied and could not speak, this is their voice. It was and is my service to speak the truth in this case as best I can and for those who cannot. Not a burden whatsoever.

The truth never seems to be a problem for those who have it, it's those "have nots" that have the problem. 

Witness against the prosecutors...

These prosecutors who may not realize how hapless they really sound, may have gotten the notion that they could spin out of the responsibility with another manipulation of true events. It's so off key they will probably notice it with their own ears.

We are not privy to the underpinnings of what happened inside the Attorney General's office when now Governor Jerry Brown, lead his campaign for a new California Governor on the coat tails of cases such as KVHD.

Brown got down and dirty calling it the "worst elder abuse case" he'd ever seen.

Somehow, that seems hollow and self serving and maybe even sickening for some who look on as prosecutors from the state are watching the defendants in the Governor's words the worst, walk away with probation.

One could imagine the Governor "of Austerity" to have made a quick call, keep the press from tracing this disaster to his door step. And voila! Steve Muni, lead prosecutor, pokes his head from under the blankets long enough to tell us this is a "first."

Most hope that all involved will have some sort of last, I'm sure.

Where is Brown's Statement?

Peekaboo, we see you...Missing today is a statement from the mastermind of the mansion, Governor Brown. But it's not forthcoming as his ilk is cowardly and estranged from reality.

Here's some truth: This is the worst political ploy to help a "skin flint" gubernatorial candidate exploit his sworn office as Attorney General to springboard into a Governor's election, I've had the displeasure of seeing first hand. 

How's that? Different ring of truth when you apply real truth. 

His Press Releases were rolling like thunder onto the campaign trail and like a true politician, a true expert in deceit, he rode that wave of misery into the governor's mansion using every victim, every defendant, to raise the ire of all who could and would not harm the elderly. All who would vote for someone ready to change the situation for the elderly.

This really conveys to those who are not yet shocked by the deeds done in this KVHD nightmare about how far reaching this con game goes.

Governor Jerry Brown used the office of the attorney general, a position of trust and truth, a position of responsibility, to build an illusion of caring for those who were harmed, justifying a visit to our friends at ABC World News tonight, and Diane Sawyer, in a well timed, well viewed, friendly "elder abuse" segment.

(I guess raising funds in the AG office is easier. He created himself a hero to the elderly in those early press releases. Then was aided with some FREE stuff from ABC news.)

Sawyer gave Brown some feel good editing, a few repugnant expressions for the camera, you almost believed these two really cared about those patients and their horrendous fate at KVHD.

What hurts is that there are still those who put their trust in both Sawyer and Brown.

Candidate and AG...

But Brown started campaigning for Governor long before he announced his plans, refusing to commit to his candidacy, and continuing to launch a political campaign inside the AG office with all it's resources and his secret "campaign contributor. "

Here on this blog, is my prediction at least six months in advance of his declaration to run for office, of the AG Brown's obvious "pre-campaign" activities. He certainly had a way of churning out the PR and creating himself in a certain light.

Later the LA Times and Sacramento Bee would question his use of the AG office as a springboard. But as is standard for those tied to the money, the political quote fest, they allowed the issue to go away. These gatekeepers decide who they will shut the gate on and it wasn't Jerry Brown.

However, any attempt to nail down this other Brown deception, could lead to "his" current AG having to raise at least an eyebrow if not a finger. 


Who is in charge now...

Kamala Harris didn't  make a stir about elder abuse, but she did benefit from Brown's hyperbole as KVHD the worst he has seen, as she rode along with the would be, could be, wanna be, on the campaign trail in 2010.

Well, she's our AG, the one who would be obligated to ignore her mentor, Governor Brown's slight digressions from the truth. I'm sure she's just brushing it off or walking it off...all that shame.

Harris, supposedly a hard core prosecutor, out for families, those who need justice, has sat quietly, not answering to the lowly types such as myself who continue to ask why?

Ducking and hiding wasn't too necessary as I've been busily pointing fingers on my own for a while now. Only recently has any other publication or media outlet even noticed anything.

PBS, is a place to find the story, but it's a story. Again, there is the truth as we experienced and witnessed it, and then there's the spin, those who use misery to gain attention themselves. Such as what PBS did in a upstaging fashion. Details on drugs as if the whole story was to be used at a medical convention.

AARP where are you?

I asked this question of the legal department of the AARP, which claims to be a significant benefactor for the aged and elderly.

The little communication I had with this massive corporate sell out of aged people everywhere, simply checked in to KVHD under Fire, lit up momentarily to apologize for not looking into the druggings, and then left off as I suggested they ask Kamala Harris what was happening with the case.

This is what they actually did. lol They looked, then called our current California AG and POOF, disappeared. So, I would not rely on their next "the best nursing home issue" of 2012 to be accurate and forthcoming.

AARP, may not stand for anything after all.

Dishonorable mention goes to...

While there is some speculation on my part that the presence of high powered attorneys Donald Etra and William Howard 'Ginsburg played a crucial role in obtaining these lackluster plea deals, and then to have them drop off the face of the earth, to be replaced by "public defenders" made this all the more madcap.

Etra a visitor to the George W. Bush Whitehouse, and Ginsburg attorney for Monica Lewinsky, whose chubby, child like,  good looks were far too much for President  Bill Clinton to resist, were here and then gone in the KVHD case. Though I must say it was a fun twist when I caught them all on video. (see youtube)


Pormir and Ott both have had financial help at the direction of several of the KVHD board of directors.


Hughes was never given monies for her criminal case. Nor any help with the civil cases either. But she sure looks like their target.


Donald Etra left the case, with no communication, and has not answered any further inquiries. Pormir's current "cheap legal guy" some sort of half legal clerk and half the price, Fred Gagliardini, has denied any potential plead outs was made prior to his services being sought as the defendants have been given the "below sticker" price deals thus far.

But Mr. Gagliardini, wants us to believe he himself was responsible for settling this elder abuse matter, no influence from the big time attorney's whatsoever.

I would tend to disagree. 

Likely, the influence of the influential was just that. Etra and Ginsburg cared for no one. They were there flexing some muscle, and if I'm right, they loosened the lid A LOT for the public defenders to follow.

Final thoughts...

There is no way to take back the pain these people have caused, all of them. But rest assured none of this goes unchecked. None of this is okay, right, believable or worthy. And I was a witness to these events. I have researched, I have uncovered, questioned.

And the truth will always prevail. It's the only thing real about any of this...

Bakersfield Californian:  http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x920646019/Doctor-gets-three-years-probation-in-patient-drugging-case?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tbc619+%28The+Bakersfield+Californian+--+Latest+News%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner

Kern Valley Healthcare District Elder abuse case returns to court today, Oct. 15

Elder abuse case resumes

The somewhat political and infamous elder abuse case against a CEO, Skilled nursing Director, and the Director of Nursing, at the Kern Valley healthcare district, begins again today, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 as the defendants will be "answering to the charges."

I'm calling the case political in the sense that we have had our California Attorney General, Jerry Brown, on TV, calling this case the worst he had ever seen. This was right on the heel of his announcement he was running for governor, and he used this case to get attention.

Well you got my attention Mr. Brown.

And certainly the small town aspect where many who have ties to the hospital financially, socially, or as a patient, have divided and still to this day have not shown the character to stand up and say "that's enough."

After an interesting preliminary hearing, not that I heard much, as they marched me out of there as quickly as possible. They used a double attack, one against my media release, and second they said I could potentially be a witness.

I'm not potentially a witness, I am a witness, there's a difference. I am only potential in the sense of the court case itself, but the rest is the "true story" of what I KNOW happened.

The DOJ or as I call them "dodge" the truth

The moment I left court in August during the preliminary hearing I felt a plea deal coming on. I could understand why former KVHD CEO, Pamela Ott would not want to have to face the emails and her phony resume, and many of the other crumbs left behind on her trail of deceit.

So, in an effort to gain more understanding, I sent off some questions to "Dodge the truth" and here are the responses.

(Oddly, I just went up to get a cup of coffee as I am deciding whether or not to go to court today, and as I was at the counter stirring in my creamer, I looked to the left and there was the state's main witness. (synchronicity of events once again)

We chatted for a few minutes and I reminded her today is the day the gang gets into court to begin the process for trial or more likely a plea deal.)

Would it be fair to say the preliminary hearing is concluded? Or is it underway until it's a trial? The preliminary hearing is over.

If the court has found sufficient evidence to proceed to trial, then is "assured" that there will be a trial? Nothing is assured. The defendants could always plead guilty to the entire information, or plead guilty to some portion of it through a plea agreement.

For instance, what kind of arraignment, we've already had one, what is this accomplishing?

Before, the defendants were arraigned on a "complaint". Now they will be arraigned on an "information". In California law, a defendant is charged with a crime one of two ways--either through a grand jury indictment, (in which case one goes straight to trial), or by a "complaint" filed by the prosecuting attorney. (Before 2000, this was done in the Municipal Court, but in 2000, the Municipal Court was merged into the Superior Court, so it all takes place in the same court.)

If the case goes to a grand jury, the prosecutor puts on witnesses and information before the grand jury, who tests the evidence and, if it feels it warranted, issues the indictment.

If the case starts by way of a complaint, the court must hold a preliminary hearing, in which the prosecutor puts on (some) witnesses in front of the judge, who tests the information, and if he or she believes that the evidence is present, the judge "holds the defendant to answer" for trial in the Superior Court. (In the past, all of this was done in the Municipal Court.) The prosecutor then files an "information" based on the counts that the judge in the preliminary hearing "held the defendant to answer for", (and any other evidence that comes out in the preliminary examination relating to crimes not formally charged in the original complaint), and the case is then set for arraignment on the "information" and at that time the defendants enter new pleas (of guilty or not guilty) and the case is then set for trial.

The second arraignment is required by law. A felony case may not proceed to a jury trial unless the evidence has first been tested, either by a grand jury or by a judge, and the evidence is found to be good enough to deserve a jury trial. This is to protect a criminal defendant from having to defend him or herself in a felony jury trial against bogus or worthless evidence.

(Note: this is the procedure for felonies. Misdemeanors don't require either a preliminary hearing or a grand jury indictment.)

If there is a trial what is the expected period before this takes place? Generally you never know, I know, but a guess, like a year? Will it be a trial by jury?

The jury trial will probably be set for sometime in the late spring. It doesn't have to be a jury--either side is guaranteed the right to a trial by jury--that's part of our Bill of Rights. But the defendants can waive that if they want to.

How many more hoops until the trial begins? Meaning what are the steps, or potential, common steps?

Prior to a jury trial there will likely be numerous motions. For example, the defendants may file a motion to set aside the judge's ruling to hold the defendants to answer, on the grounds that the judge made a mistake and that the evidence is NOT sufficient to deserve taking the defendants to a jury trial.

Can the DOJ add others or charge others regarding the same case? If say, some new evidence was revealed that others were involved?

The Department of Justice can always charge additional defendants if it discovers new evidence, subject to the statute of limitations.

Are any of the defendants still working, or using their license? If it takes a year to go to trial will any of the defendants still be allowed to work and which ones?

We are unaware of the defendants' employment status. Licensing actions against all the defendants are pending before their appropriate licensing boards.

How many witnesses were called by the state during the preliminary hearing? How many testified?

Three witnesses were called by the state during the preliminary hearing, and all three testified. They were the whistleblower, Licensed Vocational Nurse Holly Lightner, the DOJ medical consultant, Dr. Kathryn Locatell, and the BMFEA investigator, DOJ Special Agent Donny Fong. The defense called no witnesses.

Can the prosecution use any witnesses not in discovery during the preliminary period?
The prosecution can use any witness it deems appropriate during the trial, subject to evidential requirements and rules of evidence.

Will the DOJ send out a press release any time soon?

The Press Office does not have plans to issue a press release at this time.
Thank you

(the fact that they aren't sending out a press release when my email box is full of "Brown" cases, I can only speculate that they don't have confidence or they want to bury this case as a mistake. So, expect something interesting today. But remember, this whole case stems from trying to hide and bury the truth, so I guess why should we end on a different note?)

The attorney's for the defense Donald Etra and William H Ginsburg

These two lawyers are the wild cards of this whole small time criminal case. Etra, who was an attorney for Ralph Nader and a guest at the White house during the George W. era, replaced the attorney for Dr. Hoshang Pormir last April.

Ginsburg's past is in no way less interesting, he was the attorney for "Monica Lewinsky" during the Clinton era, where we spent millions on attorney fees to do absolutely nothing.

Because of their presence in the case, Etra handling the criminal aspect, and Ginsburg handling licensing issues for Dr. Pormir, I can foresee the greater potential for a plea deal. Does the DOJ really have what it takes to go up against these two attorneys?

But at one point, and it is on my Youtube site, all of the defense attorneys appeared to be working together as they left in the same vehicle, not knowing I was in front with my camera like the paparazzi.

I also found out that these two attorneys came through our town and picked up records and were looking for information and references for their client, Pormir.

We will know later this morning what the outcome will be today, or if the defense wants a fight for their "innocent" clients, or the state wants to get out of this as fast as they can, as Mr. Brown, doesn't want to feed his gubernatorial rival a lobster dinner on the eve of the election.

Update later...

KVHD Elder Abuse case scheduled Jan. 5: we will get you the report

If it's rotten at the top...

Former Kern Valley Healthcare District, CEO, Pam Ott, is scheduled in court today, Jan. 5, along with the Director of nursing she hired, Gwen Hughes, and a doctor who had been with the district ten years before Ott even arrived, Dr. Hoshang Pormir.

http://www.kern.courts.ca.gov/

For more information on the times and charges, go to the Kern County Superior court link, and you can look up the criminal as well as certain civil cases that are underway or have concluded.

Pam Ott, who seems to be the last defendant charged by the state, Medi-cal fraud and elder abuse, as well as spending time under the scrutiny of the board of registered nursing.

Ott was hired on in 2003 as the CEO of the KVHD hospital. Her resume showed two obviously, had someone actually looked at it, degrees from a school not even accredited in the state.

But that major flaw that the board of director's and former CEO, David Green, from BRIM management company, brought in around 2000, after the  board negated a contract with William Casey who was thrust upon the district by our creditor, Cal Mtg.

After Green streaked out of here leaving Ott in charge of the henhouse, things slowly but surely began to change.

The Ott regime has been dilineated on this blog, but again, the day before we head back to court I can't help wondering why there wasn't more that was taken off the top?

The people in charge at the time were all mandated reporters, meaning they would have had to turn themselves in for ignoring serious problems caused by staffing cuts which lead to unsafe conditions.

We had Ott at the top of administration, the CEO, and the one who signed the reports for the skilled nursing facility: the very same one she claims she knew nothing about what they were really doing in there. (Hey, she signed these forms as administrator, not as "I guess that's what they're doing.")

Her second in command, former Chief Nursing Officer, Sharon Brucker, was so close to the situation, knew and heard all the complaints, and finally succumbed to the paranoia brought on by Ott's fear that someone, anyone, a sick reporter, may find out.

Brucker was involved in a coupe against the hospital's own employees. Like CFO, Chet Beedle, and Human Resources leader, Michelle Rosato, all "top guns," who broke the privacy laws by trying to impugn the reputations of certain employees who didn't agree with them. (later it would be the firing squad as times got more desperate.)

Ott, Brucker, Beedle, Rosato: CEO, CNO, HR, knew nothing about what was happening in the skilled nursing facility? The top administrators?

But what about the board of directors whom this community votes into place, the one's who are to keep the people, voters, patients, rights overseen, were cramped up into a ball of three out of five. (the sticky three, a quorum in a five person board)

Bob Jamison defended Ott even after her resignation. He used the radio station, his employer, and formerly paid for advertisements by KVHD, to defend Ott.

Former board member, Barbara Casas was apparently unaware that Ott was calling her "crazy" and other names behind her back, (I have emails) as she was used basically for the third vote.

And Brad Armstrong, what can you say about somebody who has the opportunity to save lives and careers but does nothing but attack the victims? His message hasn't changed: the employees are and were the problem. (I disagree. He allowed the problem to continue and created a hostile environment where the truth that the CEO, CNO, CFO, and HR were involved was not to be spoken without recourse)

How to get fired or get a reputation: by KVHD employees

I remember the nurse who wrote this very well. She came to me after she was fired, because there was nobody out there who came to help.

We were alone in our investigation. Yes, it was reported to many agencies, whom I will call soon, because as I said, this is the year of "accountability."

Public health didn't just recieve one phone call, no matter what they try to sell you, they just didn't know how bad it really was and they had a very persuasive CEO, in Ott, to deal with.

The Kern County Grand Jury didn't think much of our situation here either.

Oh, and the media, well, they weren't going to cut their own purse strings, and some were bold enough to lie and dupe anyone who would listen.

This nurse knew that Ott was aware of the situation. Why? Because she was one of many who complained. She was fired.

I'm a nurse practitioner and I can help you

In November of 2006, one month after I had a sudden weight loss which never resolved, I had to tell my "friend" at the time, Pam Ott, that I had a nightmare experience in the emergency room.

I went in seeking "food" but intravenously, because I was wasting away. Instead I got loaded full of drugs which "blacked me out." (we will address the irony of this situation in another blog, Rural Health Clinic, Jewel of the District)

Unfortunately, they sent me home intoxicated and driving by myself. I don't rememeber how I got home. I was alarmed.

So, I told Ott what had happened, and now began a whole new round of trying to help me, checking on what I'm eating, making referrals with doctors inside the hospital so I don't get too excited and tell someone about what happened.

In this email to me from Ott, she tells me that she wants to help me get better, and that she was a "very good nurse practitioner" at one time.

Ott, according to state records, has a registered nursing license she recieved from Fresno city college in 1971, but she was not a nurse practitioner.

So, what does that make her telling me she was a nurse practitioner? A liar, yes, but also someone who would say and do anything to cover thier own butt. Who would openly lie about credentials as Ott did?

And the state almost left her behind in this investigation. Jerry, Steve, Donny, she is the one you want to prosecute, the one to put in front of a jury.

But I am dissappointed that you didn't take the top layer. You have done so in many cases coming through on your public relations pipeline: why not us? This is a form of the corporate fraud you like to tangle with. Or get money from or something like that.

As you  can see I continued the effort to unveil Ott, but I also stay on here at the hospital waiting to unveil the rest your "big time attorney general's office" chooses to ignore.

No, no, it's okay, I'll finish your work for you. If you're too afraid to get mixed up with obvious wrongdoing, I guess we will fend for ourselves.

I'm taking one of them, Bob Jamison, to small claims next month, and then I guess you will just have to wait and see what I do next.

See you in court...

Pam Ott appears: at Kern County Court, case continued, information collected

Dr. Hoshang Pormir, Gwen Hughes DON, and Pamela Ott former CEO, of the Kern Valley Healthcare District agreed to waive their rights to a speedy preliminary hearing as the court date today was continued until Jan. 5.

But it was an interesting day which has lead me to all sorts of vital information which I will turn into predictions. Some of which I will tell you, some not.

Gwen Hughes scapegoat from the beginning

I stood in the hall way in the basement of the courtroom in front of the court room the defendants were listed to be heard for the pre-prelim.

Gwen Hughes, who has taken most of the blame by witnesses and by the administrators of the hospital, sat across from me in the hallway in her wheelchair.

Hughes is reported to have suffered from Polio, and uses her wheelchair on a part time basis.

When Hughes started her employment at KVHD which lasted all of six months, she came into the skilled nursing facility on the heels of a negative report from public health on the conditions in the skilled nursing facility.

One of the many things needing to be corrected according to the state in March of 2006, was the use of physical restraints. A dignified dining experience was also cited as it is easier with a short staff to feed the residents in their rooms rather than have employees take them to the dining room.
Another issue was the fact that the administrator, Pam Ott, did not have a nursing home administrators license, and that there was no full time director of nursing.
Certain drugs were being utilized, such as Ativan, and psychotropic drugs as well.
A bigger issue played off by the CNO of the time, Sharon Brucker, was the fact that patients were losing weight, a lot of weight.

So, when Hughes came on as full time director of nursing for the skilled nursing facility, she had a lot of cleaning up to do. And one the things she allegedly had experience in was the medications used in geriatric homes.

Hughes started her job in August of 2006, and left as Ott said at one time or was fired as Ott said another time.

The director of nursing was "allowed" to do what she did. She didn't do it on her own.

A CNA told me that when she met Hughes, she was told all patients come out of their rooms for meals. The nurses aid said she tried to tell her some of them chose not to and some could not.

It was all about correcting the mistakes from the prior year, but there was the issue that staff had been cut, and there wasn't a full contingent in the SNF at the time.

Which would lead to certain safety issue situations.

As Ott called the problems in the skilled nursing facility a "system's failure," you can't help but say the system's failure took place "before" the start of Gwen Hughes' employment, and went on afterwards.

How can you blame that on a person who was in a very temporary situation? The leadership however should have known and not tried to escape responsibility, but use it to make the improvements.

Risk assessment by liability carrier Betahc

We recently heard at the last board meeting in October that the hospital''s liability insurance company, Beta group, had recently completed a risk assessment of the nursing center and were impressed though they had some suggestions.

It came to my attention recently that the liability company was in the skilled nursing center under the guidance of the CNO, at the end of 2006. If this was the case, then they also did not catch the problems, and are therefore part of the problem.

The court date, today

Pam Ott and three unidentified people, except for the fourth, Jim Faulkner Ott's attorney, who spotted me early on and kept all conversation with his client down the hall away from me.

But today, it wasn't Jim Faulkner not realizing I was standing there listening intently to every word and even doing some lip reading: it was Steve Muni, a deputy attorney general with state medi-cal fraud office.

While I standing there watching Gwen Hughes adjust her gloves she uses for her wheelchair, her attorney, Bruce Blythe came out of the courtroom with another man, unidentified at the time, and they began chatting like friends.

I'd seen and listened to Bruce Blythe in the hall of the court last time I was there, in September, he didn't seem to be quite as friendly nor was he beaming and grinning from ear to ear.

So, noticing the blushing Blythe I turned my attention to whatever was making him so darn happy. He even turned and waved at his client who was stuck out in the hall.

As I listened to the conversation I realized something was happening in that the defendants and their attorneys were so pliable as to waive their rights to a speedy trial. All three defendants did this.

Why would you do that unless there will be some plea bargaining out.

The reason given for the continuance was that the attorneys for Pormir were going to be in court during this time frame.

That doesn't make much sense either unless you happen to overhear a conversation in the hall.

After we saw the judge

We all filed into the courtroom and the judge, I'll get her name for you since she seems to think it's okay to let elder abuse defendant, Pam Ott, swing in like she was getting a quick lunch, without bail, or a truly practical set of specific parameters.

The judge didn't look at Ott as being an imminent threat, but she is more of a threat than the other two.

Though Ott is not charged for what she did to the employees at the hospital, or the defamation of all who opposed her, she is not only a threat to the elderly but to those who would disagree or expose her bad deeds.

And she can lead people down the wrong path, expound a faulty philosophy, lie to a whole community: yet, she isn't a threat.

I do give credit to the woman from the Board of Registered Nursing who gave the judge a round of why Ott should have to check in before being employed in any "leadership" role. I agree. And, sorry I didn't catch the name of this woman, but she seemed to be the only one making sense today.

The judge, of course, fluffed up her power and denied the Board of Nursing's request.

Now the Board of Nursing has a complaint filed by me personally, as Ott claimed to be a "Nurse Practioner" which is much different than being a Registered Nurse, which is the license she has on file.

I have an email where Ott claims these extra credentials which I sent to the Board of Nursing with my complaint.

So, Ott allowed a stranger, a new director of nursing to run the nursing center. The CNO, Brucker, did the same thing. They covered it up, which many people can testify to. And before the proverbial meltdown occurred, the CNO left her position and a few months later Ott ran out the door.

Elderly residents at the very least were not given proper attention which may have been more the reason that there were allegedly untimely deaths. Not staffing the necessary amount of staff is bad enough, but it's the kind of staff that counts: it's the nurse's aides who are closest to the patients.

Hello Mr. Muni, I'm Laura Hart

After court the players in the game the state and the attorneys headed out the courtroom door with me in chase, looking for Steve Muni.

I introduced myself, which of course, made him irritated because now he knew who the person was who was so interested in his conversation with the defense attorney for Hughes.

I asked a few questions about the continuance which he said had to do with Dr. Pormir's attorney's schedules.

I said what will happen at this status conference, why are they having it before the preliminary hearing?

Muni told me, "somebody could plead out."

The next question was were we (the state) ready to go to trial.

"we're always prepared to go to trial," he said.

Pam Ott pacing up and down the hall

She must have passed me at least four times, as Ott waited outside the court room, while attorneys piled up on the inside. She never looked at me, though I did smile and said hello. (just trying to be polite)

She seemed to be in a good mood, but still would not look ovedr at me.

Come Jan.5 we will find out if the state is ready to go for trial and if they are going to add other defendants and charges.

I'm not soo sure we should get our hopes up on this be disappointed.

Board of Directors reular monthly board meeting will be held tomrrow night, Nov. 4 at 5:30 pm in the hospital cafeteria.

With all the informtion out there about the pharmacy, we will hopefully hear about the hospital's new strategy, the employees situation, and what to do about Cheif Financial Officer, Chet Beedle.

Ask questions get answers (even though so many have been lies, still do it)as it will prove time and again that the hospital administrators and some board members are not telling the truth.

Thelma and Louise: Kern Valley Healthcare District elder abuse case next week!

In the annual Medicare/Medicaide nursing center survey of February of 2006, the former CEO, Pamela Ott, had tags on the report which indicated she needed to be in possession of a Nursing Home Administrator's license.


Though the license is relatively easy to get, there is a state program which puts on a test, the administrator passes, and you've got yourself a license.

Oh, but with this license comes responsibility. It means that if anything happens in the nursing center, that person with the NHA license is automatically the responsible party.

Ott never tried to get the license even though she says in her correspondence shown below (click on paperwork to read):
"I do have many years of experience as an administrator of a distinct part long term care facility as a division of healthcare district healthcare systems," she claimed in the letter to CMS.

But the conclusion to the letter states that the Chief nursing officer, Sharon Brucker, has all the responsibility for the skilled nursing center.

Brucker over the course of 2006, gave all the nursing center reports to the board, but by the end of the year, in December, Brucker gave her resignation as CNO.

It's an interesting resignation, (It's on the blog in it's entirety) as Brucker goes about telling us how bad the financial problems were in the past with the hospital.

But she turns about and talks about how Ott and CFO, Chet Beedle, are the bringers of change.

"Pam and Chet are a very good, strong administrative team (Team? This statement indicates they all knew about the problems) Kern Valley Healthcare District is very fortunate to have these individuals in their roles. So, many positive things have happened. We have equipment to care for our patients, (state of the art), we have services that are financially solvent (which one's are they, sharon?), that staff has consistently had two salary increases a year (which staff, the one's on salary only?), the staff has a funded retirement plan and we have supplies to take care of our patients (Oh, do you? Why don't you talk to Cardinal and a few others)."

(There were no changes which occurred under Ott's leadership which corresponds with Brucker's claims. Yes, there was a lot of talk, a planning meeting, money spent, but nothing changed for the better...)

Brucker didn't stop there she attacked former board member, Bob Knight, continuing the urban legend. Saying he crossed the line.

Ott and Brucker sure crossed a line, as they both were involved in keeping the truth of the SNF problems out of the watchful eyes of certain board members. As well as a recorded meeting between myself, Brucker, Ott, Chet Beedle and Michelle Rosado, which lead to private personnel information being shown to a reporter. That information is also on the blog.

Brucker's report was just another example of defamation and propoganda.

Ott announced Brucker's resignation as if she were leaving the hospital. She said she would miss her. (what narrowly miss her walking down the hallways? Things were getting weird at the time, as employees were scared and leaving, and the board was setting up it's bulwark to deal with the situation)

In the letter to CMS, Ott tells the government oversight of the SNF, that she is not in charge, but the CNO is:

"It is a fact that I do not have an administration license and the Director of Nursing (chief nursing officer) does have responsibility for both the acute care and long term care units."

So, who was responsible? And who tried to wriggle out of responsibility? Thelma and Louise or AKA Pam Ott and Sharon Brucker. Brucker stepped down and Ott took off as soon as the notice of closure of the nursing home was printed in the Bakersfield Californian.

This is their paperwork. Department of Justice, I'm sure you've seen this document, but you understand that DHS was already down their throats in 2006.

They were using physical restraints in a manner not in accordance with state and federal laws. Patients were losing weight. There was some issues about the drugs the residents were receiving too.

But in August 2006, Ott and Brucker, welcomed the new Director of Nursing, Gwen Hughes, who is also charged with elder abuse and assault and will be in court next week. The two administrators told us that she was the expert in geriatrics and will be making changes.

Those changes were the type of drugs they used. But again it was not the drugs as they are used regularly: it was the lack of staff to keep an eye on the people who were on these psychotropics.

But the nurses were busy trying to keep the nursing center afloat. As the year 2006 moved along, so did the problems.

Nurses tried to bring the issues to the administrator, Ott, CNO, Sharon Brucker, and the board of director's themselves.

The board ignored the problems, calling the employees "disgruntled."

Except two board members who tried to get word out to the state agencies, but were blocked by the three "killer B's" Brad, Barbara, and BJ.

Will the DOJ take this into consideration?

I hope you will Donny, Steve and Jerry. You have an opportunity to save a small rurual hospital: what are you going to do? I'll be there in court and I'll be able to see what the attorney general has in store for us.

He could leave us hanging, with some of the former staff and administrators who continue to degrade the hospital.

Or, a miracle could occur, and the DOJ will do its job and help out a "small" rural community. We need your help Jerry, Steve and Donny.

You've got two more to get in court: give it a try, please.

Book em' Danno! Or Donno, or I mean, sorry, Donny, Jerry and Steve, our guardians of some California justice

Why not these two?

Now we know if we caught Pam Ott, former CEO of the Kern Valley Healthcare District, charged with eight counts of elder abuse by the state of California, smoking some marijuana, she would be in jail, on "bail" in a jumpsuit, being cursed by board member, and media non-personality, Bob Jamison.

But, because it was a matter of governance, or lack thereof, we seem to have forgiven those who allowed a situation to occur in a hospital and nursing center which may have lead to the demise of residents who knew nothing of the politics which played a role in their care.

I was looking through the California Penal code, for the fun of it, a week or so ago as there are so many laws on the books which could be applied in our case here at KVHD. I sit here this fine Friday afternoon, late for appointments, wondering why there are not at least two more defendants for next week.

We know that there are documents that pertain to the responsibilities of those in charge of the nursing center or any nursing home. The administrator, the leader, is the top dog, according to the district policy and the laws of the state of California.

That should not be questioned.

But our administrator also had a second in command, who knew very well, what was going on. Ott even pointed that finger early in 2006, when Department of Health Services or "Public Health" (thank you, I'm scared already) questioned Ott's credentials.

As has been pointed out on this blog, which has reached an unmanagable 200 posts, (wow, let's celebrate! It took 200 blogs to explain this situation, but only one jury can send the message home) that Ott had help in the cover up.

Let's see the CNO of the time, she definitely knew; the CFO, Chet Beedle, who recently made fools of the board and current administration with his pharmacy analysis, was cutting out more jobs than the mortgage industry, which made for big gaping holes in the staffing, he knew.

And board members, Bob Jamison, Brad Armstrong, and Barbara Casas were either covering for the "leadership lite" administrative nightmare, or they were duped like most of us.

Either way, it's still malfeasance. They should have looked at the records, stopped the cover up, but they, instead, helped Miss Ott out of the "country" off to her new position at Sierra Kings District Hospital which has now met with trials and tribulations under her leadership. They are bankrupting their hospital. (we're just killing our business little by little here at the hands of a CFO, but, let's keep him, pay him, and allow him to continue down this path of fiduciary suicide)

But the CFO, was right in the middle of all of this, taking out personal personnel information to try and keep the employees in their places.

(Yes, we're going to have another holocaust blog for Monday. The first one didn't work out as I was straight out of surgery trying to write it, but now, I'm ready. Are you ready for Mien KVHD?)

How is it that other employees were fired for lesser issues, but, again, the administration gets a break?

Now, the former CNO, who currently works in quality control and the cardiac arrest her departments which were created out of scratch, those medicines off the charts, needs to be addressed in a courtroom.

Thelma and Louise of the SNF, Ott and Sharon Brucker, read reports to the board throughout 2006, with such concern as, "whoops" our patients lost 25 pounds, yes, we need to start weighing them. But only when we can find a way to bring them out without restraints.

Brucker the former CNO, was seen in court last month though, in the audience unfortunately, as Ott took a few minutes to show up and plead not guilty at all, what are you talking about, to the elder abuse charges.

Ott didn't have to post bail, it was all quite streamlined for her, so I asked the Department of Justice, (several times in fact) why she was treated with this "fast track" method of justice.

I have not received a suitable answer or actually any answer. It's not a rhetorical or hysterical question, Scott Gerber, bad boy of PR: I was serious: why would you treat her that way after the evidence shows she had no regard for anyone else, employees, residents of the SNF, or the law itself?

Come on DOJ, serve the "loco" motion

As I said, there are so many laws on the books which could easily be used in this case to make sure, double check, that we got all the people out of there who need to be made an example of for the rest.

Would it be crazy to press these charges? I don't think so. I'm quite certain that even though the DOJ's investigation was late, like me, and the evidence was shredded, and the tapes were lost, (though there were some other tapes made by Ott, which I'm wondering if they have been turned over to the DOJ) there is still evidence.

Maybe you can't get them all on elder abuse charges, but there are other lesser charges, easier to prove that would at least get them out of the hospital so they can't do any more damage. And maybe then, we can heal this place.

But we need felonies as the hospital does not rehire those with felonies on their record.

And you need to take the board members too. Do not let them think they can do this without some sort of slap on the wrist or fanny or something. They knew what was going on: Bob, Brad and Barbara, "the killer B's."

However, politics played a big role in all of this, but the unfortunate element was the residents: they didn't get a vote, on measure M, their staffing, or the drugs a certain nursing director decided to use.

They didn't have a choice, but we do

The residents of the Kern Valley Healthcare District skilled nursing facility didn't know the staffing was cut because there was a need to save money. They didn't know that when they rang their call lights, busy nurses were doing all they could just to keep up with the heavy load dumped on them in 2006 KVHD budget.

The residents also didn't know why the people they had come to love and care about, the nurse's aides, who were pushed beyond the call of duty, were helpless to stop the people at the top. The aides were threatened with licenses and forced to work overtime, and more overtime, sick or well, they had to come in or the nursing center would close.

The residents also did not know why the board of directors so coyly turned away from the employees who tried to blow the damn whistle, but only air and fear came out.

They didn't deserve the disrespect nor did they have any idea what was really going on around them which would lead to such a disaster.

And the families of the residents, how do they feel?

We are now on a new course at the skilled nursing facility, one with more compassion, "more staff", customer service, renewed research into better systems, and a new CCO, Cynthia Burciaga, who is monitoring the situation.

Our new CEO, Tim McGlew, has added a new element as he had the insurance liability carrier, Betagroup, do a risk assessment of the nursing center.

Though we are paying attention now, there was a serious problem for the families who feared for their loved ones in the SNF.

From all the information I have heard and seen, the families had to fight to get information and paperwork. (Yes, the paperwork was delayed, how convenient)

But along with that, they were treated as if they were simple "complainers" in some cases, by the CEO, Ott and even mentioned was CFO, Chet Beedle, whom I accused of this behavior at a recent meeting.

How could the families even watch the video of Bob Jamison calling the tragedy at KVHD, Pam Ott's resignation? I'm sure they felt great that Jamison followed it up by allowing Ott a full hour of radio time to propagate her agenda.

(See posts: Here's your witness Jerry Brown and "Hey Tokyo Rose, where's your Kimono?)

But now we, and I mean the government, the lawyers, the families of victims, the staff, the staff who were fired, the whistleblowers, have to come together and get the truth out there for those who want it, and more so, those who need it to move on from this mess.

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, the State of California has sufficient evidence to prove that Pam Ott, the spy, the media attack, the buffer, the number's guy, were part of a cover up of crimes against the residents of the hospital, but not only that, crimes against a community.

Again, we thank you for coming to be our jurors, and we know you will see through the facade, the collusion, to bring the leaders, the corporate administrators and elected board members, to justice for their roles in harming the public and obstructing the investigation.

We know you will be fair and impartial as you hear all the testimony of witnesses and victims of a case which lead to abusing elderly patients for the sake of saving money, (to pay Cal Mtg. I would say that, but they won't), and by the leaders who tried to cover their tracks and scapegoat the little guys. It could have been you, Jane or John juror, you could have been threatened with your job or fired, by an entrenched system of bullying and scapegoating."

That's how I would open my case...You have all that you need to convince a jury full of average folks who probably would not take kindly to hearing about high level, heavily reimbursed, bosses at a public healthcare district who allowed and even prolonged potential elder abuse.

I don't see any problems getting that message across to a jury. Feel free to utilize my little blog here and I've got many other bits of evidence around here at home too. Let's do lunch, then do KVHD...

(I'm trying very hard not to blow a fuse with the uploading problems with the video for Youtube. After three hours on Verizon's DSL, or supposed high speed internet, I managed to load one video last night. It's Chet Beedle though, and you should watch. I don't know what the problem is, maybe I'm competing with Jerry Brown throwing up all his gubernatorial campaign videos on Youtube...I dont' know. I'm still trying though. Aren't I?)