Letter: Queen’s still Hawaii’s premier hospital system

People should not jump to conclusions based on just one side of the argument (“Mismanagement at Queen’s driving physicians out of Hawaii,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Sept. 5).

The Queen’s Medical Center (QMC) I knew when I was a practicing physician (urologist) from 1979 to 2009, and from what I can tell now, is still the premier hospital of Hawaii. QMC is an excellent hospital that is well-run, well-equipped and with good personnel. It is well known for its many contributions to Hawaii, as well as outside Hawaii.

As a former leader and a volunteer of Aloha Medical Mission (AMM), an organization known for providing free medical services locally and outside the country, I am grateful to QMC not only for its financial support of the AMM, but also for its support of many actual medical missions to Third World countries by encouraging its personnel to join our medical missions, donating medical supplies as well as lending us instruments and expensive equipment.

Antonio Tan, M.D.

Kuliouou

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