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Gail Shephard - a current employee of Kaiser Permanente in the Kaiser
Downey Ortho Department. Gail worked at Kaiser Bellflower and Downey -
18 years and is now ill from the toxic
substances on the Downey NASA property where Kaiser built their medical
buildings and hospital. Kaiser states she is fit to work
while the State of California is taking a different view and says she
is 100 % disabled. Kaiser turned down her Worker's
Compensation claim. The State of California is providing
disability assistance. (Photo to your left is of Gail before going to the Kaiser Downey faciity.) Here is a statement from Gail Shephard (Photo to your right is of Gail after being at the Kaiser Downey facility:My medical care has been provided by my Employer, Kaiser Permanente, for the past 18 years. The Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, has built their New Regional Medical Center on this contaminated land. Soon after being relocated to the Garden Medical Facility from the Bellflower Hospital, I developed painful elbows, and went seeking medical advice. It was suggested I file a work compensation claim, which I promptly did, as it was thought I may need elbow surgery. I also began having many other severe symptoms, such as sudden onset of dangerously High Blood Pressure, Dizzy Spells, Extreme Head Pain, Memory Loss, Breathing Spasms, Balance Disturbances, and I was told I had Stress. As my Co-Workers began experiencing similar symptoms they too, were also told they had Stress! As an Orthopedic Technician, my job duties involved traveling between Kaiser Permanente’s 2 Facilities, the Downey Garden Medical Offices and the Bellflower Hospital location. Not only were my civil rights violated, by unknowingly being exposed to
the toxic conditions at the Downey Facility, I was also, at the same time,
deliberately and repeatedly exposed to unsafe working conditions at the
Hospital Facility. Below you can see clearly the damage to Gail's feet from the environmental toxic materials that we were exposed to.
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