Health care in Hawaii topic of forum

ThinkTech and the Hawaii Venture Capital Association will present a luncheon panel program asking "How Healthy Is Health Care in Hawaii?" at the Plaza Club on Dec. 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The moderators for the program are state Sen. Josh Green, chairman of the Senate Health Committee, and Virginia Pressler, executive vice president of Hawaii Pacific Health. The program will feature two panels comprised of leaders in Hawaii’s health care industry:

The first panel (noon to 1 p.m.) will cover "Economic Transformation of Health Care in Hawaii" and will be moderated by Pressler. The second panel (1 to 2 p.m.) will cover "Current Changes in the Delivery of Health Care in Hawaii" and will be moderated by Green.

Attendees are encouraged to register at hvca.org.

Total recall

» Bumbo International Trust of South Africa and the Consumer Product Safety Commission urge parents and caregivers to never place Bumbo baby seats on tables, countertops, chairs or other raised surfaces. Babies can fall from the seats and suffer head injuries: Infants ages 3-10 months old have fallen out of the seats and suffered skull fractures and other injuries. There have been at least 45 incidents in which infants fell out of a Bumbo seat on an elevated surface after a 2007 voluntary recall, which required that new warnings be placed on the seat to deter elevated use. Since the recall, the company and CPSC have learned that 17 of the 45 infants suffered skull fractures. About 3.85 million baby seats have been sold in the United States since 2003. Call 202-248-1664, visit www.bumbo.com or email info@bumbo.com.