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Shelter’s focus on health care redirects homeless patients’ lives

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                                Aala shelter resident Charlotte “Shorty” Marquez shows her housing unit. The new Aala shelter, also known as Kauhale Respite, has already reunited 14 local homeless people with their families and returned another six to the mainland.
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Aala shelter resident Charlotte “Shorty” Marquez shows her housing unit. The new Aala shelter, also known as Kauhale Respite, has already reunited 14 local homeless people with their families and returned another six to the mainland.

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                                Shelter manager Janet Nguyen, left, and Dr. Michael Dukelow talk with resident “Shorty.”
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Shelter manager Janet Nguyen, left, and Dr. Michael Dukelow talk with resident “Shorty.”

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                                Penny, the “clinic poocher,” stands outside ready to greet residents and guests with Dr. Michael Dukelow, top right, and shelter manager Janet Nguyen.
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Penny, the “clinic poocher,” stands outside ready to greet residents and guests with Dr. Michael Dukelow, top right, and shelter manager Janet Nguyen.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Aala shelter resident Charlotte “Shorty” Marquez shows her housing unit. The new Aala shelter, also known as Kauhale Respite, has already reunited 14 local homeless people with their families and returned another six to the mainland.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Shelter manager Janet Nguyen, left, and Dr. Michael Dukelow talk with resident “Shorty.”
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Penny, the “clinic poocher,” stands outside ready to greet residents and guests with Dr. Michael Dukelow, top right, and shelter manager Janet Nguyen.