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Medical clinic for homeless at Punawai opens for patients

By Kat Wade / Special to the Star-Advertiser

Jan. 20, 2023

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Registered nurse Maybelline Cordero-Higa holds the koa bowl of salted water as Kahu and Associate Conference Minister Rev. Valerie Ross, blesses a patient room at the Kalihi-Palama Health Center on Friday. Health care and government officials Friday celebrated the opening of a new medical clinic in Iwilei serving the homeless and operated by KPHC.
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Mark Mugiishi, president and CEO of HMSA, left, is greeted by Jill Hoggard-Green, the CEO of Queens Health system.
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Emmanuel Kintu, the CEO of the Kalihi Palama Health Center, speaks after the blessing ceremony. The new clinic is in the city-owned Punawai building, thanks to the efforts of the nonprofit Hawaii Homeless Healthcare Hui, with support from HMSA, Island Hospice and The Queen’s Health System.
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CORE member Jeriel Tuigamala listens to speeches after the blessing ceremony.
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Dr. James Ireland, the director of Honolulu emergency services department who runs CORE, speaks after the blessing ceremony.
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CORE members Gerico DeMesillo, Julianne Fajotina, Rayechelle Rin and Keoki Manuel listen to speeches after the blessing ceremony.
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Kahu and Associate Conference Minister Rev. Valerie Ross, left, Gov. Josh Green, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Dr. James Ireland, the director of Honolulu emergency services, chat after the blessing ceremony.
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Dr. Landis Lum, the medical director of H-4, leads a tour of the patient’s residential floor after the blessing ceremony.
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Dr. Landis Lum, left, the medical director of H-4, passes patient Martha Davis as he leads a tour of the patient’s residential floor after the blessing ceremony.
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Patient Martha Davis, left, gets help with her socks from medical assistant Oliver Tangi.
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Clifford Chang, a KPHC board member and Darrin Santo, a behavioral health therapist and COO of KPHC, tour the patient’s rooms.
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Emmanuel Kintu, the CEO of the Kalihi Palama Health Center, left, gets a warm hug from Gov. Josh Green before the blessing ceremony.
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Kahu and Associate Conference Minister Rev. Valerie Ross, left, gives the blessing ceremony. Looking on are Maybelline Cordero-Higa, RN, and Emmanuel Kintu, the CEO of the Kalihi Palama Health Center.
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Kahu and Associate Conference Minister Rev. Valerie Ross prepares the koa bowl of salted water before blessing each room.
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Kahu and Associate Conference Minister Rev. Valerie Ross prepares the koa bowl of salted water before blessing each room.
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RN Maybelline Cordero-Higa holds the koa bowl of salted water as Kahu and Associate Conference Minister, Rev. Valerie Ross, blesses each patient room.

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