Hospice organizations earn healing award

By Pat Gee

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 08, 2011

~~<p>The Interfaith Alliance of Hawaii celebrated more than 40 years of hospice care in Hawaii on Sunday at its ninth annual awards dinner, recognizing St. Francis Hospice and five other organizations in the field with its "Healing Role in Hawaii" honor.</p>
<p>Sister Maureen Keleher established palliative care in Hawaii in 1968 by opening five rooms at St. Francis Hospital to help people with terminal cancer live out their lives comfortably in a homelike setting, said Sister Joan Chatfield of the Interfaith Alliance.</p>
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The Interfaith Alliance of Hawaii celebrated more than 40 years of hospice care in Hawaii on Sunday at its ninth annual awards dinner, recognizing St. Francis Hospice and five other organizations in the field with its "Healing Role in Hawaii" honor.

Sister Maureen Keleher established palliative care in Hawaii in 1968 by opening five rooms at St. Francis Hospital to help people with terminal cancer live out their lives comfortably in a homelike setting, said Sister Joan Chatfield of the Interfaith Alliance. Login for more...