On kidneys

Re “Kaiser OKs transplant settlement,” April 17

You would have done readers a service by pointing out that Kaiser health plan members in Southern California in need of a kidney transplant weren’t affected by what happened in San Francisco.

Kaiser Permanente of Southern California, which administratively is a separate region, never internalized renal transplantation for patients who receive their care at Kaiser facilities in this part of the state.

Harold N. Bass MD

Porter Ranch

The writer is a physician with Kaiser Permanente in Southern California.