Who Really is Behind Stopping a Private Hospital from Being Built in Maui County?
Tune In To a New Television Show’ Those fighting against a tremendous bureaucracy, corrupt politics and a taxpayer-financed business monopoly so they can build a second hospital on Maui, have launched a new television series on Maui. The first show, “Doctors for Association for Improved Healthcare on Maui” will air on Maui County’s Channel 53 on Dec. 23, 9 p.m.; Dec. 31, 8 p.m.; Jan. 8, 6 p.m.; Jan. 16, 8 p.m.; and Jan. 24, 6 p.m. This 1-hour show, which I host, features Dr. Ron Kwon and Jan Shields L.V.T., B.S.N., R.N.C. of Maui, both leaders in this movement. See Dr. Kwon’s latest oped in Hawaii Reporter: “Bureaucracy, Local Politics, Block Maui’s Chance for Second Hospital” Kwon, a Harvard-educated Maui boy, tells a moving story about his life on Maui, why he became a doctor, why he returned to Maui after a successful career in Boston, and why he is giving up on his life’s dream to build a better all privately funded medical facility on Maui. He isn’t afraid to tell the straight sto