Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				Hawaiʻi’s Physician Shortage Hits Maui Hardest
Doctors were scarce before the Lahaina fire, which burned medical facilities, displaced health care workers and patients and heightened financial stress.
          
        (Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2024)
      
      
				Hawaiʻi Braces To Protect Milk Supply As Bird Flu Spreads On The Mainland
Bird flu has been found in dairy cows in 16 states and in more than 60 humans on the mainland so far this year.
          
        West Maui Hospital Foundation
      
      
				The Long Crusade To Build A West Maui Hospital Hits Another Snag
The county has backpedaled on an agreement to be the guarantor on bonds authorized by the Legislature.
          
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				Data Dive: Hawaii Nursing Home Deficiencies Among Highest In The Nation
The number of average deficiencies in Hawaii nursing homes almost doubled between 2015 and 2023.
          
        David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				Hawaii’s State Psychiatric Hospital Has Leaks, Causing Mold To Grow
A new building was completed in 2021, but staff say rain has been seeping in ever since it opened.
          
        Hawaii Attorney General/2024
      
      
				Hawaii Is Allowing Registered Sex Offender To Keep Treating Patients
California revoked Edward Hsu's physical therapy license based on a Hawaii conviction. In Hawaii, both his physical therapy and acupuncture licenses remain in good standing.
          
        David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				Honolulu Morgue Aims To Start Giving Families Answers Faster With New Deputy
The city has a deputy medical examiner for the first time in five years.
          
        David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				Hawaii Nurses Union Calls New Contract A Step In The Right Direction
Like other health care workforces around the country, better staffing ratios were the main concern.
          
        Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				State Funding Of Waianae Emergency Room Lags Far Behind Peers
Health center officials want to expand mental health programs, but ER expenses are eating into the budget.
          
        Ashley Young via AP/2024
      
      
				Hawaii Governor Urges Federal Mediation To Settle Nurse Labor Dispute
The hospital said it would agree to bring in federal mediators if the nurses' union does too.