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02/15/2025

The Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Viral Hepatitis Clinic reached a milestone by curing its 1,000th patient of hepatitis C. “It’s a very satisfying thing to make that call and tell someone they’re cured,” Dr. Rashmi Baragi, MD, director of the viral hepatitis clinic, said in a news release. “You...

11/25/2024

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2024/11/maui-health-names-new-administrator-for-critical-access-hospitals/

Penny Koval has been selected to be the Maui Health system’s new administrator of Critical Access Hospitals, effective Nov. 1. As CAH Administrator, Koval, MSN RN, NHA, oversees all hospital and long-term care operations for both Kula Hospital and Lanai Community Hospital. Koval succeeds David Cul...

11/14/2024

Does County Managing Director Josiah Nish*ta have strong ties to Maui Memorial union money or to Kaiser?! If so, that is the real problem. They don’t care about the health of West Maui. They just don’t want the competition!

A resolution to support the development of the West Maui Hospital and Medical Center seems stalled in the Maui County Council after testimony from Mayor Richard Bissen’s administration. County Managing Director Josiah Nish*ta said Bissen supports a West Maui hospital, but Nish*ta expressed concern...

09/09/2024

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2024/09/maui-health-career-fair-to-take-place-sept-13/

The Maui News WAILUKU—Maui Health is excited to announce its upcoming Maui Healthcare Career Fair on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the main lobby of Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku. Maui Health will again offer applicants personalized career guidance and the opportunity...

08/19/2024

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2024/08/maui-memorial-medical-center-recognized-by-american-heart-association-for-16th-year/

The Maui News WAILUKU – Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC) has again earned the highly distinguished Gold Plus and Target: Honor Roll Quality Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) program for excellence in heart and stroke care. Additional...

08/09/2024

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2024/08/maui-attorney-turns-brain-cancer-journey-into-hope-for-others/

By DENISE HEADY UCLA Health Maui resident Jamil Newirth was just 32 years old when he was given a terminal brain cancer diagnosis. He was told he had about 17 months to live. That was 12 years ago. Newirth, now 44, beat the odds thanks to a novel cancer vaccine developed by UCLA neurosurgeon Linda [...

07/23/2024

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2024/07/wailea-community-association-adopts-university-of-hawaii-maui-college-nursing-program/

The Maui News KAHULUI—It started during the pandemic. It continues to this day and will carry on into the future. Since the Wailea Community Association (WCA) started supporting the UH Maui College Nursing Program, it has donated almost $300,000, with almost $100,000 of that just this year. The sh...

05/10/2024

Hurray! Welcome! 🤗

The Maui News KAHULUI—Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has added four new maternity care providers at the Wailuku Medical Office. The additions will “ensure expectant families can continue to receive high quality care on-island,” according to a press release from Kaiser Permanente. The new team member...

04/30/2024

04/25/2024

Nurses! Doctors! Have the time of your life AND get those medical loans paid for at the same time!

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2024/04/window-open-for-healthcare-professionals-to-apply-for-loan-repayment/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2lxfCZH6j5UTquVmhJ-u5uByNp7UflljoOh3PqgjRNXLpMeaOvoWUMBqc_aem_AX9VWKv6y8RsSSFebYwg3-R0XC9knL6fF3mHlAybwsMoL52YsGghN7ouxMSsYs_MWRwcvVlx6G4AzW-uQ9VzYTQc

HONOLULU—Governor Josh Green, has announced that the state of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC) are receiving a tremendous response to the aggressive and far-reaching loan repayment program that addresses the state’s growing shortage of physicians and ...

02/16/2024

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2024/02/obstetrician-shortage-on-maui-addressed/

The Maui News WAILUKU, HI—The Hawaii Medical Service Association announced today a solution to address the obstetrician shortage on Maui through a unique partnership with Malama I Ke Ola Health Center, Queen’s University Medical Group (Queen’s), and Hawaii Independent Physicians Association (H...