Building upgrades, change in legal status needed
By MELISSA TANJI Staff Writer
POSTED: July 13, 2008
The Maui News
A county-managed house in Hana is being eyed as an ideal place to administer dialysis, but the location comes with some challenges.
The house in Wakiu, near the entrance to the Hana Sanitary Landfill, is already occupied by a physician at Hana Health. Also, its legal status needs some bureaucratic tinkering and infrastructure upgrades need to be performed before it can be a home for group dialysis.
But Hana dialysis supporters are not discouraged and say it can be done.
There has been an outcry for dialysis services in rural East Maui for a decade or more. Hana resident Lehua Cosma founded Hui Laulima O Hana in 2004, with a goal of bringing dialysis treatment to Hana. She had seen her mother, Cecelia "Cece" Park, endure the long drive to Central Maui three days a week for treatments. Hana patients and their caregivers say ...
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