LIHUE — Officials from Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, which operates the island’s two public, critical-access hospitals and three primary care clinics, said they will institute a round of layoffs system wide as the struggling state-subsidized health provider seeks to offset
LIHUE — Officials from Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, which operates the island’s two public, critical-access hospitals and three primary care clinics, said they will institute a round of layoffs system wide as the struggling state-subsidized health provider seeks to offset its projected $48 million budget shortfall this fiscal year.
“HHSC values its employees and this decision was an extremely difficult one to make,” Six HHSC corporate officers, including Kauai Region Interim Chief Executive Officer Scott McFarland, wrote in an Aug. 22 letter and email to all HHSC employees and physicians. “The current financial condition of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is dire. The 2014 legislative session was a very challenging and disappointing one for HHSC — several key requests for additional funding were denied.”
This is a developing story. Please see tomorrow’s issue of The Garden Island for more information.
