MidWeek Windward - Oct 27, 2021

FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 27, 2021
PLAY TIME
Keli Cox is all smiles as she has a ball playing at Kailua District Park.
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VIRTUAL HULA FEST
Two Kāne‘ohe hālau perform in this year’s Prince Lot Hula Festival. SEE PAGE 4
Adventist Health Expands Reach
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
KEEPING STOCK
Diana Leon restocking books high up on the shelves at BookEnds in Kailua.
ANTHONY CONSILLIO PHOTO
ABY JAIMIE KIM FARINAS
ll Urgent Care Hawai‘i walk-in clinics across the island — includ- ing one location in Kailua — are
now part of the Adventist Health Castle network, an acquisition the hospital’s pres- ident Ryan Ashlock says is more a melding of like-minded objectives.
“Adventist Health Castle and Urgent Care Hawai‘i share a goal of improving the health and well-being of the communities we serve,” he says.
“When our respective teams were in- troduced, it was clear that our similar mis- sions and shared goals could be achieved better together.”
Opening in 2011, Urgent Care Hawai‘i founder and CEO Donna Schmidt initial- ly sought to bridge the divide between physicians and emergency services. Since then, however, the company has expanded its involvement in the community, man- ning first-aid tents at large events, offering health screenings, attending health fairs
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