New cancer treatment center breaks ground on Hawaii Island By Associated Press | December 23, 2020 at 4:54 AM HST - Updated December 23 at 4:54 AM
HILO, Hawaii (AP) A new cancer treatment center in Hawaii has broken ground after the state legislature allocated $6.5 million for the project earlier this year.
A group of healthcare officials and lawmakers gathered Thursday to mark the beginning of construction of the new building, which will expand the Hawaii Health System Corporation’s East Hawaii Health Clinic and is expected to be completed by 2022.
The two-story facility of nearly 20,000 square feet (1,858 square meters) will be located adjacent to the existing clinic and across the street from the Hilo Medical Center. It will provide expanded oncology care, primary care and other specialty services, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported.
Hawaii healthcare workers could get shots in the arm as early as Tuesday
As hospitals prepare for COVID vaccine shipments, state prepares distribution plan By Mahealani Richardson | December 10, 2020 at 5:29 PM HST - Updated December 10 at 5:54 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state expects 81,000 thousand people to receive COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of the month, including health care workers, staff and patients in long-term care facilities, and first responders.
Among those doses, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii says hospitals are expecting around 25,000 vaccines, while 17,000 vaccines are expected to be delivered to long-term care facilities.
At the Hilo Medical Center, an operating room nurse spent part of her day Thursday showing off a freezer that can store more than 900 ice-packed Pfizer vaccine vials at ultra-low temperatures.