Don’t say we didn’t warn you. In our Nov. 13, 2014 and Jan. 29, 2015 cover stories, we reported that the financial situation at Maui Memorial Medical Center, and the rest of the Maui hospital region as a whole, was pretty grim. According to Wesley Lo, the Maui region CEO for the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (which oversees hospitals throughout Hawaii), the Maui region … [Read more...] about Maui hospital region to undergo major budgetary surgery
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Maui Memorial Medical Center Faces Public/Private Partnership Or Bust
In 1976, I moved to Maui for what I thought would be a brief interlude, but turned out to be closer to four decades of love-hate romance with Hawaii politics. That’s the year I became a general assignment reporter for The Maui News. Before moving to Maui I had written both staff and freelance for many large metropolitan papers with readership in the hundreds of thousands, even … [Read more...] about Maui Memorial Medical Center Faces Public/Private Partnership Or Bust
How Do We Save Maui Memorial Medical Center?
It was nearly two hours into the hearing on the future of Maui’s largest and most important hospital before Dr. Peter Galpin was able to roll his wheelchair up to the lectern. Galpin spoke for a couple minutes–one of dozens who’d packed themselves into the Maui Waena Intermediate School cafeteria to testify–but I only wrote five of his words in my notebook: “Trade us or play … [Read more...] about How Do We Save Maui Memorial Medical Center?
This Monday, Nov. 10: State Officials To Hold Hearing On Maui Hospital Financial Troubles
It's no secret that Maui Memorial Medical Center is in serious financial trouble. The hospital–the only facility on the island that handles acute care–routinely runs annual deficits ($39 million last year, according to this Maui News story). Hospital officials have talked about starting public-private partnerships, but politically powerful public employee unions tend to get … [Read more...] about This Monday, Nov. 10: State Officials To Hold Hearing On Maui Hospital Financial Troubles
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie Appoints A&B VP Grant Chun To Board of Ed.
So Governor Neil Abercrombie has decided to replace outgoing Board of Education member Wesley Lo with Grant Chun. In October, Maui Memorial Medical Center CEO Lo resigned from the board eight months before his term ended, citing work constraints. In choosing Chun, vice president of the Alexander & Baldwin Company, as Lo's replacement, Abercrombie has gone with one of Maui's … [Read more...] about Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie Appoints A&B VP Grant Chun To Board of Ed.