The health care facilities, which will be located just north of Pāhoa on Highway 130, is being built by the nonprofit Puna Community Medical Center Foundation and will include not just a 25-bed hospital with emergency and other services, but also a women’s health center, dental clinic and The Dane Silva Hawaiian Healing Center.
The board recently re-elected Money Atwal as a board officer, welcomed Dr. Lynda Dolan as a new board member and Julie-Beth “JB” Ako is continuing their board service.
Overall, Hawaii’s health care system ranks among the best in the nation. That’s reflected in the state’s statistically long and relatively healthy lifespans, access to quality care and outcomes from treatment.
Staffing shortages and health and safety problems have continued to plague the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo, two years after the state took over the nursing facility and fined the company that was managing it over $510,000 for numerous violations following a COVID-19 outbreak that infected more than 80% of residents, killing 27.
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