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Kealakehe High Hosts Second Teen Health Camp
A second Teen Health Camp was held on Saturday April 7th at Kealakehe High School. The event was featured in West Hawaii Today newspaper. The Big Island Teen Health Camp drew about 35 students to Kealakehe High School on Saturday to…
Teen Health Camp Makes News!
...nearly 300 East Hawaii teens who participated in the free camp this year, its largest turnout ever. The goal was to expose students to various health care-related careers in Hawaii, which historically has experienced a shortage of physicians and other medical workers. In addition to compounding, students got to learn how to suture, put on an arm cast, practice calculating body mass index and take blood pressure. Workshops were led by older health care students, including medical students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and pharmacy and nursing students from UH-Hilo.
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Aloha spirit accompanies medical evacuees: Student's Mayday Kits close to his heart
High school student Chaden Shimaoka-Bello learned about meeting deadlines, reaching out for help from the community and staying organized. But the aloha spirit he included in each care package created for his Kamehameha Schools Hawaii senior legacy project flowed from…
Apply for One of Twenty AEDS Donated by Big Island Toyota
Hilo Medical Center Foundation's Be a Lifesaver Hawaii Program is pleased to announce our Partnership with Big Island Toyota Hilo and Kona. As part of the Be a Lifesaver Hawai'i campaign effort, twenty (20) Automated External Defibrillators (AEDS) will be…
Maxed out on doctors; Medical residency program to have full complement of physicians for the first time
With the announcement of its third class of physician residents last Friday, the Hawaii Island Family Medicine Residency Program has reached a milestone. For the first time since it began in 2014 as a means of addressing Hawaii Island's doctor…
"Be a Lifesaver Hawaii" campaign aims to improve cardiac arrest survival rates
Over the last two years, Hawaii Island's survival rate for people experiencing cardiac arrest in front of bystanders went from 4 percent to 6.8 percent. The jump appears to be the result of efforts by the Hawaii Fire Department to train people in important life-saving techniques including performing chest compressions and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), according to Chris Honda, captain of the department's Emergency Medical Services Bureau. The Hilo Medical Center Foundation, in conjunction with partners including the fire department, the County of Hawaii, Hilo Medical Center, KTA Super Stores, the Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce, and more, will officially kick off on Feb. 24 the "Be a Lifesaver Hawaii" campaign.
HMCF Fundraiser for Obstetrics and Pediatric Renovations
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For the little ones; Hilo hospital to improve obstetrics and pediatric units As the number of newborns on Hawaii Island continues to grow, Hilo Medical Center is looking to spruce up its obstetrics and pediatric units with a new look…
Rotary Club Awards Hilo Medical Center Foundation
The Rotary Club of Hilo's annual Brewfest in June was a roaring success, enabling the club to donate $13,200 each to two local nonprofit recipients in addition to adding to the club's own foundation that helps local organizations.
At a recent Rotary Club meeting, Robin Benedict of the Friends of the Children's Justice Center of East Hawaii along with Dr. Kay Nodling, Julie Tulang and Lisa Rantz of the Hilo Medical Center Foundation were on hand to accept the awards.
Donating Warmth in Her Mother's Memory
In memory of her mother, Misao Noguchi who passed away at the age of 93 on April 17, 2014, Kathleen Inouye donated 10 beanies to patients receiving treatment at Hilo Medical Center's Hawaii Pacific Oncology Center. "I am carrying on…