Nan and Wayne Kocourek, necessary donors of the brand new scientific choice unit mission, in entrance of the mission signal on the Maui Memorial Medical Middle throughout a blessing ceremony in March. Photograph courtesy of Maui Well being
The Maui Well being Basis hopes to have a good time an revolutionary on the finish of this month for the scientific choice unit of NAN and Wayne Kocourek on the Maui Memorial Medical Middle with the projected unit to open on the finish of 2026.
The Basis celebrated a blessing ceremony on March 10 for the longer term, the scientific choice unit that can be positioned subsequent to the emergency division.
Based on the medical care supplier, the brand new unit is designed to enhance affected person care by providing extra house to observe individuals who don’t require hospital admission however usually are not nicely sufficient to go residence.
It’s going to embrace 12 statement beds and an space for sufferers with chest ache.
“The Emergency Division of Maui Memorial Medical Middle is among the most lively all through the state,” mentioned the CEO of Maui Well being, Lynn Fulton, in a press launch. “Having a scientific choice unit, with its 12 statement beds and devoted space for sufferers with chest pains, will enhance the punctuality and high quality of take care of sufferers within the emergency division. We’re delighted with what this new addition will supply for our neighborhood.”
The ceremony was directed by Kahu Kimokeo Kapahulehua and the primary donors Nan and Wayne Kocourek, state officers and neighborhood leaders attended.
“This blessing marked greater than the opening of a brand new hospital unit,” mentioned Melinda Sweany, a philanthropy officer of the Maui Well being Basis. “It was a celebration of a neighborhood’s dedication to well being, therapeutic and hope. Every donor who contributed to this mission is a part of the legacy we’re constructing collectively.”
The president of the Board of the Basis, Tamar Goodfellow, accredited the donation of $ 1 million kocoureks as a financing catalyst, with extra help from donors from the neighborhood, everlasting Kaiser and the State.
The work previous to development to arrange for the development of the emergency division started after the ceremony. The brand new unit is scheduled to open within the fourth quarter of 2026.