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Kona Community Hospital at risk of closure due to outdated utilities

By Big Island Now  
   April 05, 2023

The nearly 50-year-old hospital, built in 1974, runs the risk of closure every day due to outdated utilities. And if they do conk out, elective and trauma surgeries will end and the hospital runs the risk of losing its Level 3 Trauma Designation, which requires at least one operating room to always be available to provide emergency surgeries.

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