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Health Center Welcomed with Open Arms
Community health clinic moves into the Pau Hana Inn.
Residents, volunteers and staff members welcomed the new Community Health Center to the former Pau Hana Inn with open arms last Saturday in an event that embraced change for Molokai’s future.The federally-funded clinic will be bringing an extensive variety of medical services to the Molokai community and will operate from the former hotel, which will be transformed over the year to accommodate the services.
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See what is in store for the new community health center.
Molokai Community Health Center News ReleaseThe Molokai Community Health Center (MCHC) has been providing accessible comprehensive individual and community health care to the people of Molokai since 2004. With services including medical, dental, behavioral health and early childhood development, the MCHC has quickly outgrown its space in Kaunakakai’s Kamo`i Building. With the recent purchase of the old “Pau Hana Inn” property, the MCHC is headed in an exciting new direction. Big plans call for the renovation of what has been renamed the Molokai Oceanside Health and Wellness Center (MOHWC). The Community Health Center’s new home is slated to open in 2011.
Drop-In Center Not Being Dropped
Despite many recent rumors to the contrary, Governor Linda Lingle said that there are no plans to eliminate Molokai's mental health drop-in center. Lingle's letter was written in response to a letter sent to her by Senators Kalani English,Rosalyn Baker and Shan Tsutsui. In Lingle's letter she writes that rumors may have started because two of the center's employees left for unrelated reasons. The text from both letters is posted below. The Senators' Letter:
A Fighter for Life
Penny Spiller is a fighter. She fought for her life when doctors told her she had six months to live in January of 2007. She fought her insurance company when they told her they would no longer pay for her medical care in August of 2008. And now, she is continuing to fight to make sure no one else has to endure the same legal battle. Spiller, a Molokai resident, filed a lawsuit against The Hartford Insurance Company that claims she was wrongfully denied payment of her benefits. The Hartford stopped paying Spiller’s medical expenses two years ago because they didn’t believe she qualified for the type of care she was receiving from her long-term health insurance coverage.