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Malulani Hospital

Artist's rendering of the hospital that could 
be built in Kihei when the CON is abolished.

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A very important meeting will be held at Kalama Heights in Kihei
 May 8, 2008
 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tony Fisher is hosting Mark Spengler from the Big Island to come and discuss the “Con Con” = “Constitutional Convention”.  We will be able to vote if we would like to hold a Con Con on the November ballet,  and we would have the opportunity to abolish the CON = Certificate of Need with this convention.   This is a very exciting way we would be able to make some changes instead of trying to beg our legislators to save our lives by abolishing the Certificate of Need.  This could allow the people to make the decision on our hospital crisis.  We could also revisit what has worked for us and what has not using this important tool.  I hope to see you there!  

Seating is very limited and you must call Tony Fisher at 874-3735 to reserve a spot.

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Maui Needs Another Hospital..
THIS SITE EXPLAINS WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO OBTAIN ONE!   WE CAN DO IT WITH YOUR HELP!

You will find comprehensive news, information and updates on continuing our effort to build the much needed additional  hospital(s) on Maui.
Please pass the address of this website on to other Maui residents and visitors. Our goal is to make sure that every Maui citizen and visitor has the opportunity for better healthcare on Maui.  Some of your legislators appear to be trying to block our efforts. If you read the news articles and newsletters contained here, you will be amazed and shocked when you find who is for us and who is against us. More importantly, you will see what appears to be obvious reasoning behind their actions (or more accurately in some cases, their non-action).
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THE "CERTIFICATE OF NEED" PROCESS MUST BE ABOLISHED.

WITH IT IN EFFECT, MAUI WILL PROBABLY NEVER HAVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL SERVICES.  
THIS PROCESS IS WHAT CAUSES MAUI RESIDENTS TO HAVE TO GO TO OAHU
FOR MEDICAL SERVICES THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE ON MAUI.
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES REFUSE TO EVEN DISCUSS THIS. THEY ARE NOT REPRESENTING
YOU WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL CARE. 

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LETTERS TO HOUSE AND SENATE FROM AIHM MEMBERS:

Click here to read what some of your neighbors have written to the 
House, Senate and Newspapers regarding the need for quality
healthcare on Maui and the abolishment of CON.

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MARCH UPDATES:
Email received March 23rd: 

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:
FROM 2/16/08 Coconut Wireless:

Aloha Team AIHM and Legislators,
We have all had our ‘opinions’ on the subject of the CON.  How about if we listen to the many experts involved in the studies both below and attached?  These people hold doctorates in the subject.  They have done the research. This document is from the U.S.  DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE.  read the complete issue....

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/health_care/204694.htm
http://justice.gov/atr/public/comments/223754.htm 
http://www.senate.mo.gov/06info/comm/interim/need/MSMA_testimony.pdf

 
AIHM’s mission is to serve as an advocate for the creation of a system that will provide excellent healthcare services to all of the citizens and visitors of Maui County. AIHM will first focus on our most acute needs of a private, state of the art, full service, teaching hospital in Kihei; and a private hospital in West Maui. 

• All of the people of Maui deserve equal and excellent healthcare.
• Maui island needs two additional hospitals.
• As Maui County is a healing place, we should diversify our economy with Medical Tourism.
• Maui needs a healthcare system that will provide excellent healthcare services to all of the citizens and visitors of Maui County.
• Governmental and political constraints are preventing a second hospital in Kihei or a satellite hospital in West Maui. 
• Facilities and services of MMMC should be improved. 
• Hospitals on Molokai and Lanai’i should be improved. 
• Remote areas of Maui County need outreach clinics. 
• Maui needs health link by telemedicine and rapid patient recovery by Air Helicopter Ambulance.

Several AIHM members attended the Opening day
 of the State Legislature on Oahu on January 18th.

Representative Maile S. L. Shimabukuro
Watch this space. There will be more news, updates and pictures here soon.

 
CON LAW MAP: Yellow means there is NO Certificate of Need required. 
Note:  many of the states who retain a CON have greatly diminished its control. The law may be in place for one or two services and nothing else.

Jim Foster: 
Real Estate Broker
Lahaina, Maui, HI 

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.

MOST OF THE LINKS TO THE MAUI NEWS ARE WORKING AGAIN. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE LINKS THAT DO NOT WORK LIES WITHIN THE MAUI NEWS SITE ITSELF. 
IF YOU SEE A SOLUTION FOR ANY OF THE LINKS THAT DON'T WORK, PLEASE
SHARE WITH US BY EMAIL.   MAHALO.

Latest News: 
Jan. 4, 2008: Maui News published a very informative article summing up the goals of AIHM. Read the complete article...

Jan 6, 2008: More Maui News on banning the CON process. " More than in most years, the Legislature has the future of Maui’s medical facilities in its hands...Read the complete article...

Recent News:
Dr. Ron Kwon and Jan Shields are honored on the "Heroes of Hawaii" list: More about the heroes of Hawaii list... 
Letter from Dr. Ron Kwon:
Dear friends: I shall be closing my Maui practice and relocating to the Boston area where I shall serve as a clinician and medical director with Harvard Vanguard starting in April, 2008.  More about Dr. Kwon and Jan's response...
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Dec. 11, 2007:  
Read Maui News Opinion article http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/36785.html?nav=9
AIHM Response to Maui News editorial of December 11, 2007: 
AIHM agrees that the answer is a 350 bed state of the art hospital in on Maui. What would really answer our needs is for that hospital to be a PRIVATE, teaching hospital. read the complete AIHM response...
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1.   AIHM will operate as a communication center between the people of
       Maui County, government officials, current medical facilities and
       staff, and the varied existing groups and individuals that currently
       exist to improve healthcare on Maui.

2.  We will inform the public of the current people and systems that are
       attempting to stop Maui from improving our healthcare system. 
       A history of who these people are and the possible reasons for
       their actions will be provided to the members of AIHM.
       AIHM will update the public as changes develop and actions are
       taken. The “Coconut Wireless” will be the vehicle of communication. 
           A. Jan Shields will be available to speak with Maui County
               groups who wish to discuss healthcare.
               Contact Jan at information@AIHM-maui.org to schedule.

3.   AIHM’s goal is to change the governmental and political constraints
       that are preventing us from meeting the healthcare needs of
       our community. 
          A.  Endorse candidates for the 2008 election year who are active
               in fighting for new hospitals and who are against the CON. 
          B.  Observe government groups (persons) and their actions
               closely, report these actions to the members of AIHM.

4.  AIHM advocates improved medical facilities and systems for Maui.
          A.  Addition of full service, 350 bed, state of the art, teaching
               hospital in Kihei.
          B.  Addition of community hospital in West Maui with as many
               services as possible, including helipad linking to Kihei hospital. 
          C.  Improved facilities and services offered by MMMC.
          D.  Improved hospitals and healthcare services on Molokai
               and Lanai’i. 
          E.  Outreach clinics in the remote areas of Maui County
               managed by the main campus of the Kihei hospital.
          F.  Remote areas of Maui County connected by telemedicine.
          G. Rapid patient recovery by Air Helicopter Ambulance 
               managed by the main campus of the Kihei hospital. 

5.  AIHM will work with experts to help us eliminate the CON process. 

6.  AIHM will lobby the legislature to allow us to build our two new
       hospitals. We will then continue to work to improve the existing
       medical services in Maui County and to expand services to all
       areas of Maui County.

Voter Registration Online:
Go to this site to register online:
http://www.hawaii.gov/elections/voters/registration.

These are "Must Read Items"
Follow the events that have occurred up to now by checking these recent newspaper articles, copies of the Coconut Wireless newsletters and information from our supporters appear on the News page of this site. More...

Nov. 7, 2007: Read Jan's Maui News Viewpoint in response to James Krueger's letter to the editor.
Click here to read:  http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/35791.html

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...

Read what your friends and neighbors are saying about the need for more medical services on Maui...click here

Add your experiences here to share with others.
The more we know about what others are or have been going through, the more information we have to fight this problem. We appreciate your input.
Click Here To Share Your Story.

Bad Officials Are Elected by
Good Citizens Who Do Not Vote.
George Jean Nathan - (1882 - 1958)

DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED!

AIHM is funded with contributions from generous organizations and individuals 
who are concerned about the lack of first-class healthcare on Maui.

AIHM is deeply grateful to all of you who have donated. We have only been able to accomplish all that we have done because of your generosity. 
Our Organization is made possible only by volunteers donating their time and efforts.  We currently need monetary donations to cover the advertising of our “Doctors for AIHM” show,  transportation for AIHM members to lobby legislature, Jan’s salary, legal costs, office costs, and more to allow AIHM to continue its work of educating the public and legislature. 

After that, we will need to raise $100,000.00 for professional impact studies on why we need more hospitals and why the CON costs more money than it saves. 

We have come a long way and are being noticed by our representatives and our community. It's more important than ever now to keep up the momentum.

You may make your donation on-line through PayPal, a secure internet donations system. Simply click on the "Donate" button below. You will have the option to make a one-time donation or monthly contributions. If you prefer not to donate through PayPal, please make checks payable to AIHM  and mail to PO Box 11420, Lahaina, HI 96761.

A big Mahalo to AIHM's volunteers and contributors. We really appreciate all you do.

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