More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in multiple states will go on strike Wednesday to protest unfair labor practices and unsafe staffing levels at hundreds of Kaiser hospitals across the country and right here in San Diego County. Many have wondered how this will impact patient care. CBS 8 talked with one man in Valley Center, whose wife recently had a new pacemaker installed, and her follow up appointment with a cardiologist Wednesday was cancelled. Walter Adams and his wife, Sue, are used to living the good life in Valley Center, but right now they’re feeling uneasy. Last week at Scripps La Jolla, doctors replaced Sue’s 10-year-old pacemaker with a brand new one, but she had complications. “She had some problems with it, her blood pressure skyrocketed, her thinness of her blood got way too thin, so they wouldn’t let her be released,” said Adams. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/health-care-worker-strike-brings-canceled-appointments-kaiser-members/509-f1f96313-c2db-42af-bbe5-ab6a36a18cf6