Following the events of my review, RN Stephen has continuously violated the agreement I had with…read morethe facility that he would not be in my care. The facility maintains this is no issue and that they would "talk to him." However, when I finally grew tired of having to monitor for his breaches and filed a restraining order of less than 1 ft distance, the facility claimed they could not accommodate that under any circumstances. The intent I was getting was that should I proceed, they would deem me "ineligible as a patient" and remove me.
Next, after multiple complaints on my part against Stephen Kim (license number 95282579), they attempted to move me to a different shift. Not Stephen, the nurse accused and found guilty by CDPH. I live 3 blocks from the center. Stephen, having told me in a prior conversation he lives in Downey, has several dialysis centers under Physicians of Southern California between his home city and Azusa. Yet, for his convenience, they chose me.
Next, immediately after I filed a restraining order, Azusa Dialysis labeled me clinically unstable. The reason being ambiguous vitals and fluid rate withdrawal. But I have been a patient for 3 years and the amounts have never changed. They had labeled me stable the entire time. It was only when I filed against their nurse that they took that action. I am in the transplant process with Cedars-Sinai. I have donors. And instead of assisting a patient achieve transplant, the facility labeled my framing of things bad. According to one admin there, they made sure to tell me that Cedars-Sinai was calling an unusual amount of times and that any future complaints would probably jeopardize my transplant.
The facility has allowed Nurse Stephen Kim (license number 95282579), even after 4 email exchanges with me promising he would no longer be in my care, to engage in my care. The only result of my complaint was a sham investigation to say everything was fine. After investigations by CDPH (attached below) and ESRD Network verifying my statements, the facility allowed him to be the only nurse on the floor with me after I specifically asked for him to be in my care "under no circumstances" (verbatim). He has breached their promises and engaged in my care multiple times. Further, in the event of an emergency, should this occur, the unlicensed staff do not have the practice scope to deal with emergencies. The facility has, in essence, deemed it fine to leave me to my own devices. I have a significant medical history and the odds of this occurring are above 0, and they know this.
This is my accurate and factual follow-up of the events occurring at Azusa Dialysis Center. I am just a patient here. It is 3 blocks from my home. The next facility is miles away. I just want my transplant and to be "whole again," not constantly assessing for very real threats to my candidacy from my own medical team. the facility would prefer i just let it go and sweep it under the rug. \But the danger to my transplant is very real. If i am denied for this, will they care? No, they aren't taking the damage, I am.
The only question ive asked myself is if they were in my shoes would they react differently? if it was their father, son, cousin, brother, husband? I don't think so. Their nurses played their games with me. not once, but multiple times. Stephen Kim stood over me when i was half out of it from dialysis and play his BS authority over me, and fraudulently documented me, not once, but multiple times, documented. I see myself as a reasonable easy going man, but the sheer amount of attacks from a facility that's supposed to defend me has caused all this.
attached is my complaints regarding stephen kim and the cdph findings.