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HONOLULU (KHON2) — Master storyteller, Lopaka Kapanui, has shared his gift with KHON2 and residents over the years. This week, he shared a personal story of when he was almost drawn away from his hospital bed by a recently deceased young boy. “When I was about seven years old, I was in the old children’s […] ....
One Hawaiian doctor, well known for his good voice, was cheered on by the nurses and anyone else close enough to hear him as he would sing an old Hawaiian song in a beautiful, loud voice while finishing an operation and suturing the wound. At another time in Kuakini Hospital, there was an ob-gyn doctor of Japanese descent who would also sing at the end of his operations. This last doctor was also the happiest doctor I have ever met. He was not a youngster but had a wonderful following of patients and was loved by the entire hospital staff. And he had a very nice singing voice. Today this would be considered dangerous. ....
A Honolulu surgeon who recently returned from Ukraine said he prays for the end of the war. Dr. Andy Oishi took part in a month-long humanitarian mission through the nonprofit group Samaritan’s Purse. ....