Two Kauai Hospital in Desperate Need of Funding

Kauai Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is requesting $7.3 million in emergency funding from the state of Hawaii to keep two rural hospital on Kauai afloat until the spring of 2014.  The two hospital are the Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital, which has the only inpatient psychiatric unit on the island, and the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital.  The Kauai Hawaii Health Systems Corporation also manages three clinics in Waimea, Kalaheo, and Port Allen.  The Mahelona hospital and the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital serves approximately 7,000 emergency room patients at each facility per year.  Both hospitals also have long term care patients and some acute care patients as well.

According to the acting president and CEO pf the Kauai Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Alice Hall, services may be cut if state lawmakers are unable to approve the funds. Hall commented, "They're not going to make it through spring without the money."  Long-term financial solutions are currently being discussed including the possibility of creating a public-private partnership with another hospital system.

Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 10-30-2013, www.staradvertiser.com
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