Bay Clinic to bless new Ka’u facility

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The Bay Clinic will have a maile lei blessing ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday to open its newest, nonprofit, federally qualified community health center, the Ka‘u Family Health and Dental Center.

The Bay Clinic will have a maile lei blessing ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday to open its newest, nonprofit, federally qualified community health center, the Ka‘u Family Health and Dental Center.

The new facility will expand access to comprehensive health care for the residents in the district, offering primary care, dental care and mental health services.

“Our new site is equipped to provide greater services to all in Ka‘u,” said Harold Wallace, chief executive officer at Bay Clinic. “It has the infrastructure to care for an additional 3,400 patients and we are expecting to encounter 8,500 visits per year in the district of Ka‘u.”

For more information, visit at www.bayclinic.org.