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Advertiser June 27, 2008: By
Derrick DePledge The
Hawai'i Health Systems Corp., the state's network of public
hospitals, is suffering financially, and administrators have
told state lawmakers they may soon have to pay to lay off
workers or reduce healthcare services. A
law enacted last year created greater regional autonomy within
HHSC and requires legislative approval before services are
reduced or eliminated. Miles
Takaaze, HHSC's public affairs director, and several lawmakers,
speaking privately because the discussions were held in closed
caucuses and deemed confidential, confirmed that a resolution
authorizing a reduction in services is being considered. "I
think that's part of all the various scenarios we're looking at
right now," Takaaze said. Takaaze
would not confirm any details about layoffs. He linked HHSC's
financial difficulty to the state's slowing economy and said
administrators are examining different options to preserve
"uninterrupted service." Lawmakers would have to come back in special session to adopt such a resolution. A one-day session is possible in early July to try to override Lingle's vetoes, but lawmakers have said an override session is unlikely. House and Senate leaders are still discussing potential veto overrides... click here for the full story: * VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * Maui News June 26, 2008: The long journey to get some sort of hospital facility on Maui's west side has moved a step or two closer to the destination charted by the West Maui Improvement Improvement Foundation and its hardworking leader Joe Pluta. A private developer, Brian Hoyle, announced this week he had revised the application for a certificate of need in line with what the State Health Planning and Development Agency requested. "We have tried very hard to demonstrate that the new hospital in West Maui meets all criteria identified by SHPDA as its basis for decision making," Hoyle said, adding he appreciated "SHPDA's willingness to provide guidance to assure that our application meets its requirements." One can only hope so. There is also a somewhat forlorn hope that the West Maui Hospital & Medical Center operation is not being designed by SHPDA. While the news is good, there's a sour aftertaste. A state bureaucracy in Honolulu is deciding what medical facilities Maui needs and will get. Sen. Roz Baker, who apparently has been incapable of getting medical care home rule for Maui, said the "one thing that distinguishes this proposal from others is that it wants to be part of an overall health care system for Maui, working with Kaiser and with Maui Memorial and with everyone else." A cynic would say Baker is in favor of whatever goes with the status quo - the state's continued stranglehold on Maui medical care. Hoyle said the $45.7 million facility is intended to complement Maui Memorial by providing emergency room services, 25 acute-care beds and a 40-bed skilled-nursing facility to relieve MMMC of its overload of long-term-care patients. The big factor in SHPDA's denial of a private hospital in Kihei was the financial impact on Maui Memorial Medical Center. It appears Hoyle has taken note and is playing the game the way the state wants him to. If that's what it takes, so be it. A West Maui hospital facility is long overdue, and so is the scrapping of SHPDA's certificate of need process - something Maui County's delegation to the Legislature has failed to make a priority, or even explain why it isn't a priority. * VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * Maui
News June 21, 2008: “I was seriously injured in a freak incident during the third week of January. My complicated double surgery required me to have all necessary services be done in Honolulu and spend a month there for professional care. My questions.... click here to read the full story: * VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * KHNL NBC News
February
28, 2008: KAHULUI,
Maui (KHNL) -- People in the medical field say they are
stretched so thin, many doctors leave for the mainland. * VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE *
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* VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * VOTE* VOTE * VOTE * LETTERS TO HOUSE AND SENATE FROM AIHM MEMBERS: To read what
some of your neighbors have written to the house, Senate and
newspapers regarding the need MARCH
UPDATES: Just
wanted to let you know that again my husband has had
another medical emergency......Last time he had a heart attack
and it took 14 hours before they transferred him to
Queen's......Thursday of this week he lost his ability suddenly
to walk and the doctor said that he needed to have neurosurgery
immediately or his ability to walk could be at risk......(there
was no neurosurgeon here on Maui that could see him 'til
April 23rd!)......Be cause we didn't
want to go through the Maui Memorial Medical route as before we
were forced to stumble through the airport here and get to Oahu
to be taken to the emergency room which we did......Surgery was
done immediately but we don't know
if there is permanent damage to his legs yet or not.....Living
here on Maui is so difficult as you well know and as we age we
need more and more expert services.....(my husband is only 64
yrs old!)......Thank you again for fighting for our rights to
medical services......Queen's hospital was so great.... it made
me even more frustrated than ever that we second class citizens
of Maui are not privy to good health care......We will check
into the Airmed.....thank
you for the suggestion....... FEBRUARY UPDATES: Aloha Team AIHM and Legislators, http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/health_care/204694.htm | ||
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Jim has been a Maui resident since 2000. He and his family live in Lahaina. Jim has been concerned about the healthcare situation on Maui and on the West Side. After Malulani was once again rejected by the CON, Jim wanted to do more to help. Forming a politically active group was Jim’s proposal in continuing to fight for our healthcare on Maui. He has also made a generous donation to AIHM. | ||
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Nov. 7, 2007: Read Jan's Maui News Viewpoint
in response to James Krueger's letter to the editor. The Mystery of the Missing Million Dollars: A million dollars is a whole lot of our taxpayer money. So when a million dollars is ‘lost in the system’ somewhere, it really needs to be accounted for. more about the million...
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