Posted at 4:21 p.m., Friday, October 20, 2006
All long-term patients back at Hale Ho'ola Hamakua
Advertiser Staff
Hale Ho'ola Hamakua in Honoka'a today moved its remaining 41 evacuated long-term care patients back into its facility.The residents are now in the dining/activity room and rehabilitation room until permanent repairs are made to residential areas.
Hale Ho'ola Hamakua sustained about $4.5 million worth of damage during Sunday's earthquakes when pipes broke and the hospital was flooded. Some 49 people were
evacuated nearby to a former clinic that had been renovated into classrooms.
