Revelation Of Secret Report Prepared By California’s Top Prison Psychiatrist Draws Out More Whistle Blowers
Dr. Michael Golding, the top psychiatrist in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, has accused state officials of providing inaccurate and misleading data to a federal court and to lawyers for prison inmates fighting to improve psychiatric care inside state prisons. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller is weighing what to do with the report.
Sacramento Bee:
More Whistleblowers Emerge In Fight Over Secret Report On Prison Psychiatric Care
With lawyers for state inmates insisting that a secret report prepared by California’s top prison psychiatrist must be made public, attorneys in the case say more whistleblowers are beginning to come forward. The revelation came during a hearing in federal court in Sacramento on Monday, where U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller is wrestling with how to deal with a 160-page report compiled by Dr. Michael Golding, the top psychiatrist in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Golding leaked the report two weeks ago to the federal receiver overseeing medical care in the prisons, and lawyers for the inmates say the report contains allegations that corrections officials have provided misleading and inaccurate information to Mueller. Now, the judge is set to decide whether she can make the report public with some redactions to protect inmate privacy rights. (Stanton, 10/22)
In other news from across the state —
Sacramento Bee:
UCD Medical Center Again Ranks Among Top Echelon In Nursing
UC Davis Medical Center leaders announced last week that the institution once again claimed a place among the upper echelon of nursing employers – the top 8 percent in the United States, to be exact – after the American Nurses Credentialing Center renewed its magnet status. The magnet designation is given only to hospitals that stress giving their nursing staff the authority to make clinical decisions at patient bedsides, according to the credentialing organization, and nurses at these facilities are encouraged to be involved in decisions about the patient-care environment and to collaborate with team members from other disciplines. (Anderson, 10/22)
San Jose Mercury News:
Veterans Eye Free Vision Correction Surgery
Six local U.S. veterans, including a Milpitas resident and a Willow Glen coach, received free Lasik surgery Oct. 17 as part of the annual Gift of Sight program provided by Furlong Vision Correction in San Jose. (Gelhaus, 10/21)
Ventura County Star:
Free Medical Camp In Oxnard Draws In More Than 300
As one of 44 million people in this country without health insurance, Thousand Oaks resident Lorena Ruiz was grateful for Sunday's charitable medical camp, where she received vision care and glasses, a dental exam, bloodwork and a vaccination for free. ... More than 300 people of all ages received the free services at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Oxnard. The event was organized by the Sathya Sai International Organization, Pacific South-Region 8, a non-denominational group founded in the 1960s by the Indian mystic Sathya Sai Baba. (Doyle, 10/22)