Mahalo for guide to Halloween happenings
Thank you for publishing a full page of Halloween events in the Community section in the Oct. 24 edition.
Many of us were very pleased to read about and be made aware of all the different events islandwide.
Katie Kosora
Hilo
Excellent treatment at health care ‘gems’
We’ve come a long way from the sugar plantation days when sugar companies had their medical clinics, medical doctors and nurses.
I remember vividly the then-Pepeekeo Hospital where I was born, just about three months after Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, and where I was treated for various medical ailments as a youngster.
Today, we can all be in deep gratitude for two medical facilities on Hawaii Island: the Benioff Hilo Medical Center and the Life Care Center of Hilo, two bright gems of health care institutions.
In the last several years, I suffered from serious medical conditions topped by getting infected with the COVID-19 virus, which caused me to be hospitalized at the two said institutions.
During the entire time of receiving medical care — the active participants providing care and services, from the first responders employed by the Hawaii County Fire Department, to the janitorial crew in the medical institutions — I was served by people imbued with a deep sense of aloha and guided by the “shaka.”
Moreover, many of the personnel were from different countries: Hong Kong, the Philippines, Micronesia, Morocco and Colombia. Yet, they could all communicate with each other and work harmoniously together.
I also witnessed many of our home grown talent — graduates of our local high schools and, of course, the Hawaii Community Colleges — just to let you know our tax dollars are being put to good use.
I give a big shout of mahalo nui loa to the leaders of these institutions and their hard-working staffs.
And, lastly, we should never forget the generous financial donors to these institutions and their supporters.
Earl T. Nakasato
Kurtistown