{"id":333472,"date":"2025-12-06T09:37:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/333472\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T09:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:37:52","slug":"konas-state-lawmakers-comment-on-planned-medical-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/333472\/","title":{"rendered":"Kona\u2019s State Lawmakers Comment On Planned Medical Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"

(BIVN) \u2013 State lawmakers in Kona lauded the public-private partnership that plans to bring a 50,000 square-foot medical facility to West Hawai\u02bbi, to be located next to the future Queen\u2019s Health Systems hospital previously announced for Kona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Governor Josh Green announced the project on Wednesday<\/a>, and proposed funding the planning, design, and site work of the new facility to the tune of $50 million.<\/p>\n

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photo courtesy the Office of Governor Josh Green<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership is a long-awaited step forward for West Hawai\u02bbi, and one that I and so many others in the community have worked towards for years,\u201d said Representative Nicole E. Lowen (D, House District 7) These investments will expand access to essential services, support healthier families, and create new jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership between The Queen\u2019s Health Systems and our public hospital system is a great first step toward delivering the accessible health care that our growing West Hawai\u02bbi community desperately needs,\u201d said Senate Majority Leader Dru Mamo Kanuha (D, Senate District 3). \u201cMahalo to all those who have brought this effort to this point. We look forward to a healthy discussion of the funding needs in the next Legislative session.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe caring legacy of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV has endured for generations through the Queen\u2019s Health Systems,\u201d said House Majority Caucus Leader Kirstin Kahaloa (D, House District 6). \u201cThis partnership will extend that legacy to Kona, where expanding access to health care is an all-hands effort. In the coming Legislative session, we will be advocating for the resources needed to get these facilities open and serving our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(BIVN) \u2013 State lawmakers in Kona lauded the public-private partnership that plans to bring a 50,000 square-foot medical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":{"0":"post-333472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}