Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:04:04 -1000WeeblyThu, 30 Jun 2011 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2011/07/our-next-steps-july-2011.htmlQualified Hospital Operator: For the purpose of the Agreement we have negotiated, a Qualified Hospital Operator shall mean an entity with the following attributes of the entity or its parent entity:

It will own and operate no fewer than 5 fully operational hospitals, which hospitals shall be located in no fewer than 2 states 

The entity or its parent entity has no less than $250,000,000 of tangible net worth,

The entity or its parent entity has no less than $100,000,000 in available cash or Existing Credit available for the development of the WMHMC project. Existing Credit shall mean a credit line which is in-force, and exercisable at the Entity’s option, with a Bank having more than $1 Billion in assets.

The entity or its parent entity (in combination with its relevant subsidiaries) will have no less than $50 Million of EBITDA based on audited financial statements during the most recent 2 fiscal years. 

We have a meeting scheduled with the State Health Planning Development Agency in Honolulu mid July for discussions on issues pertaining to the Certificate of Need.

We need to continue negotiations with KLMC on securing our ability to utilize the already approved and zoned land for our hospital near the Lahaina Fire Station.

In the next 30-90 days, we will be very busy working on completing negotiations and cannot prudently discuss details of those negotiations prematurely. As soon as prudently acceptable by all parties, a press release will be issued appropriately.

In the interim, please note that your support is vital to our success. Please send your tax-deductible donations to assist us in our mission to bring life saving acute care emergency medical services to West Maui.  There are many agencies seeking financial contributions, but please consider one who is fighting to save lives here that are tragically being lost at this time!

How much is your life or the lives of your family and friends worth?

Thanks to people like you in the community, willing to give their 2-cents now and then. Again, all we’re asking is to please put aside two pennies a day for a year. It adds up to $7.30. Will you send a check now for $7.30 now and start saving those pennies to “pay yourself back?”

Maybe you can spare a nickel/day ($18.25/year) - or even a dollar a day ($365/year) because EVERY PENNY COUNTS!

MAY WE COUNT ON YOU? Please complete the form below and donate today.

CLICK HERE FOR DONATE TODAY!

]]>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2011/04/our-next-steps-april-2011.htmlOUR NEXT STEPS--It is anticipated that over $30 Million on Construction jobs will be spent in the next 2 years due to the dedicated effort. After that, over 200 full time jobs will be created as a result of the these programs which will also be eligible for subsidized housing efforts to complete the community. Our next steps include:

• PrSecuring a new developer as the original developer has stated that he no longer has the willingness to continue the financial commitments he previously made to develop our critical access hospital.
• Secure the hospital site property by negotiations with KLMC landowner. We are moving forward with negotiations on re-securing our original site location with purchase of an access flag area added on for final subdivision status.
• Second option if necessary of a potential new 14.99 acre site which is wholly under the jurisdiction of the County of Maui. Mayor Alan Arakawa has pledged his Administrations full support for expedited land use zoning approvals once the Environmental Assessments prerequisite to zoning changes are completed.

YOUR SUPPORT IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS!
We hope we can continue to count on your support as we take another step forward in reaching our goal of building a hospital in West Maui.  Every penny counts ~ the lives saved are priceless! 

And all that we are able to accomplish, is thanks to people like you in the community, willing to give their 2-cents now and then. Again, all we’re asking is to please put aside two pennies a day for a year. It adds up to $7.30. Will you send a check now for $7.30 now and start saving those pennies to “pay yourself back?”

Maybe you can spare a nickel/day ($18.25/year) - or even a dollar a day ($365/year) because EVERY PENNY COUNTS! We have a proven track record developing the Napili Fire and Ambulance Station with private funds! We are the only community in the State of Hawaii to have saved lives in partnership with local government this way.  Now, more than ever, we must come together to do what is right for the health and safety of our community and visitors.

]]>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2011/02/hospital-project-on-track.html10-YEAR COMMUNITY EFFORT.  West Maui Improvement Foundation (WMIF), a non-profit community group led by its president Joseph Pluta, is in its 10th year of a community-wide initiative to raise money for community resources and programs.

Click to read the latest Editorial from the Lahaina News, Feb 3, 2011,"Hospital project on Track"

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]]>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2009/01/a-daughter-almost-dies-at-birth-because-of-the-distance-to-the-hospital.htmlBart Mulvihill of Lahaina:
a daughter almost dies at birth because of the distance to the hospital. a ruptured kidney at Lahainaluna High School
Bart told us that he was living in Lahaina when his wife went into labor a month early. She had what was later diagnosed as an abruptio placenta, which can result in both the mother and baby bleeding to death. He said that he drove 100 miles an hour to the hospital.
The doctors delivered the baby, a girl, and told him she would likely either die or be severely brain damaged. The baby made it through all right and is a straight A student today. Her even surviving is credited with how fast Bart was able to get to the hospital.However, he never wants to repeat a 100-mile an hour car trip like that one.


In his own case as a youngster, Bart played football for Lahainaluna High School. Severely injured with a ruptured kidney during a game, he waited one anguishing hour for an ambulance and then spent another hour in the ambulance getting to the hospital. Ultimately he was flown to UCLA Hospital for surgery to be performed. He is healthy today but "stunned" that West Maui still hasn't gotten its own hospital. "I returned to Maui last year after 13 years.
When I moved back, I couldn't believe there wasn't a hospital on the West side yet," he said. "We have 5,000 hotel rooms in Ka'anapli and another 9,000 condominiums filled with vacationers. The NFL Conference was just held here. Every year 32 of the world's best golfers are here competing. If something happens to one of these people and they can't get to the hospital in time, you can kiss tourism goodbye."

]]>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2009/01/midnight-trips-to-the-other-side-an-emergency-airlift-to-to-save-a-sons-life.htmlTony and Sue Linder from Napili:

"Our 8 year old son Max has a medical condition known as Hydrocephalus, sometimes called water on the brain. This condition used to be fatal but because of technology introduced in the 1970s, our son has a device called a shunt that is under the skin and allows our boy to have a somewhat normal childhood. A true God send.

"Over 7 ½ years, Max had never had a problem. But we knew serious problems could develop leading to coma and death if not treated quickly. Last year, our son suddenly became very sick. Doctors diagnosed and treated him for flu but his condition kept getting worse. The day after our third visit to doctors, the pain from headache had him in tears, he couldn't eat or drink and he had lost 5 pounds.

"He finally was admitted to the hospital where they said there was no more time to waste; he had to be air lifted immediately to Oahu for possible neurosurgery. The air ambulance was already in use. We had to wait another 3 hours. My boy was now in intense pain and pleading with me to help him make the headache go away. You can imagine my feelings of helplessness.

"Max was finally airlifted to Oahu where surgery was performed. It turns out we were very lucky. The three-day delay could have been fatal. This is the reason for our support of the proposal to build a medical facility in West Maui. Those two midnight runs to the other side during intense rainstorms (both nights) are something we hope to never have to repeat."

]]>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2009/01/the-possibility-of-bleeding-to-death.htmlSteve Richardson of British Columbia Canada

Steve wroteto us about how after surgery he had to stay in the hospital days longer than normal because he was at risk of a post-operative complication requiring quick access to an emergency room and he lived in West Maui. "I lived in Lahaina about eight years ago before moving to the mainland. My doctor told me I needed to have surgery for Sleep Apnea or I would eventually die.
"Well I had the surgery at Maui Memorial and was to be released the next day. The doctor told my wife that I needed to be watched very closely for the next few days due to the fact there was a chance I could bleed to death. Well this shook up my wife and she demanded I stay in the hospital a few extra days. No one wants to stay any longer in the hospital than necessary, however, since there was a possible chance of a hemorrhage and it's along way from Lahaina to Maui Memorial, my wife demanded that I stay. This is one of the many reasons a hospital is needed on the west side of Maui island."

]]>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2009/01/west-maui-physician-shares-an-incident.htmlA West Maui Physician
12 hours to get emergency treatment.
A physician in West Maui shared this incident with us.

"A 94 year old man got strong, crampy abdominal pains suddenly about 9 p.m.
By 11 p.m. the ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital.
His wife followed in the car.
The emergency room was so overloaded with patients that there was no place to sit in the waiting room.
He needed to wait with his wife in their car until about 5 a.m
By the time he was seen and his case was resolved 12 hours had past - at least three times more than what should have been involved." ]]>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2009/01/driving-to-the-other-side-on-a-dark-night-in-a-strange-area1.htmlKay Case from Norwood, North Dakota

Kay writes about the experience she and her husband had that put her on the highway returning to West Maui in the dark, in the early morning hours when she was too tired to drive. She writes: "Boy, oh, boy do you ever need a hospital in the Lahaina area. My husband had taken a bad fall getting out of the shower in on Hawaii (the big Island). We went to an urgent care center there and had all kinds of x-rays done there too.


" We got to Maui and stayed at the beautiful Royal Lahaina Hotel. My husband got to feeling really bad the first night so the hotel told me to take him to the doctor next to the Westin Hotel. We went there, but the doctor felt that he needed a CT scan.
" So we had to drive over 45 minutes to the hospital not far from the airport. It is so hard to drive in the dark in a strange area to a building I had never been to in my life. We made it ok, but it sure would be nice to have a hospital in the hotel area or Lahaina. It is well over due!


"The hospital we went to kept my husband over night and it was a terrible experience for him, but that is another story. Meanwhile I had to drive all the way back to our hotel. It was after 1 a.m. when I started back to the hotel. I was very tired and shouldn't have been driving that late.
Please take these personal experiences seriously when you consider building the new hospital.

It is so-o badly needed in the area. We love Maui and would love to come back again."

]]>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:00:00 -1000http://www.westmauihospital.org/4/post/2009/01/a-mother-terrified.htmlLahaina resident

. "When I caught pneumonia and had a temperature of 105, my mother had to drive me all the way to the emergency room in Wailuku terrified that I was in life-threatening danger. I have given Maui several instances when a hospital on this side of the island would be of benefit to those of us who live in West Maui.
Please take action Maui and bring a hospital to this side of the island. Someday, my life or yours, could depend on it." ]]>