To expand access to COVID-19 testing, Kaiser Permanente is now offering self-swabbing PCR tests on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Kīhei Clinic on Maui, by appointment only – no walk-ins.
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Loida Villanueva, Maui Health System Gastroenterology-Endoscopy assistant who staffed the Maui Memorial Medical Center vaccination clinic entrance Sunday, said she had to inform about 20 kupuna of the clinicâs temporary closure. She has a vaccination clinic update form that notifies people about appointment changes for eligible people seeking COVID-19 vaccinations. The Maui News / KEHAULANI CERIZO photo
WAILUKU About 20 Maui kupuna showed up Sunday to receive their COVID-19 vaccines only to learn the island’s only open vaccination clinic was forced to close due to lack of supply.
“It was hard to break the news to the older people,” said Loida Villanueva, Maui Health System Gastroenterology-Endoscopy assistant who staffed the clinic entrance Sunday, informing people of the closure. “A lot were elderly.”
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Doris Christenson receives her COVID-19 vaccination from Maui Memorial Medical Center RN Randi Casco Thursday afternoon at the hospital. Doris and her husband, Floyd Christenson, the founders of Mamaâs Fish House, both were vaccinated. Asked what advice she would give to people who are leery of the shot, Doris Christenson said, âI would tell them, by all means, do it.â â The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
WAILUKU Maui’s only community vaccination clinic may have to temporarily close Sunday afternoon if more Pfizer-BioNTech doses are not received today.
Maui Health System CEO Mike Rembis said he spent Friday morning placing urgent calls, seeking at least 975 doses to last through the weekend at Maui Memorial Medical Center’s vaccination clinic, the sole site currently accepting new registrants. There was no final decision as of Friday night.