UH's Palafox linked to state, federal probe

By Rob Perez

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 07, 2012

~~<p>Three months after Gov. Neil Abercrombie asked Dr. Neal Palafox to withdraw his nomination as health director, the University of Hawaii hired an outside law firm to help deal with a state and federal investigation involving the embattled physician and entities associated with him, according to UH documents.</p>
<p>The April 2011 contract outlining the scope of work the law firm was to do indicated that the investigation related to possible misuse of university-related resources by faculty members and to matters related to Wahiawa General Hospital and UH's John A. Burns School of Medicine.</p>
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Three months after Gov. Neil Abercrombie asked Dr. Neal Palafox to withdraw his nomination as health director, the University of Hawaii hired an outside law firm to help deal with a state and federal investigation involving the embattled physician and entities associated with him, according to UH documents.

The April 2011 contract outlining the scope of work the law firm was to do indicated that the investigation related to possible misuse of university-related resources by faculty members and to matters related to Wahiawa General Hospital and UH's John A. Burns School of Medicine. Login for more...