Hawaii News Now | Brooks Baehr
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaii Medical Center East is the only facility in the state that performs organ transplants. There are currently more than 400 people on the waiting list for pancreas, kidney, liver, and heart transplants.
The HMC Transplant Center will close if Hawaii Medical Center shuts down as scheduled, but it will likely reopen at another hospital. And Hawaii Medical Center East (Liliha) and West (Kapolei) will also likely be revived in some way, shape, or form.
"Hawaii Pacific Health for many years has believed, and we've been very public about it, that Hawaii Medical Center West will be very successful in the future as a community hospital and as an affiliate of Hawaii Pacific Health if we can accomplish that," said Chuck Sted, President and CEO of Hawaii Pacific Health, which operates the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Straub Clinic & Hospital, and Pali Momi Medical Center on Oahu.
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