New hospital proposed for Kona area

A developer has put up 40 acres closer to town as demand for medical care grows

By Kristen Consillio

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 05, 2012

~~<p>Kona Community Hospital has begun planning for a new medical center that could cost as much as $200 million on 40 acres in an area known as Kaloko Makai.</p>
<p>The new facility would replace the 94-bed hospital in Kealakekua, about 15 miles away from Kona town, and possibly double in size to 200 beds, said Bruce Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the state public hospital system, Hawaii Health Systems Corp., parent company of the Kona hospital.</p>
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Kona Community Hospital has begun planning for a new medical center that could cost as much as $200 million on 40 acres in an area known as Kaloko Makai.

The new facility would replace the 94-bed hospital in Kealakekua, about 15 miles away from Kona town, and possibly double in size to 200 beds, said Bruce Anderson, president and chief executive officer of the state public hospital system, Hawaii Health Systems Corp., parent company of the Kona hospital. Login for more...