Hilo veterans home administration needs to be replaced, Mayor Harry Kim says
Hawaii island Mayor Harry Kim renewed calls Wednesday for the immediate suspension of the administration of the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, where he said documented shortcomings have resulted in too many COVID-19 deaths.
Kim first made the request in mid-September well before the state’s release on Monday of two assessments from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. The Department of Health’s Office of Health Care Assurance still hasn’t released its own report after conducting an unannounced inspection of the facility’s infection control measures required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
A VA tiger team was dispatched on Sept. 18 to help the center stop the spread, but Kim said Wednesday during an interview with the Star-Advertiser that further action is warranted.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/09/24/hawaii-news/hilo-veterans-home-administration-needs-to-be-replaced-mayor-kim-says/
