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DEVELOPER HOYLE FILES REVISED CERTIFICATE OF NEED

FOR WEST MAUI HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER 

LAHAINA, MAUI, June 23, 2008-Developer Brian Hoyle of Newport Hospital Corporation, Newport Beach, CA and a partner in numerous mainland hospitals, today filed an updated Certificate of Need (CON) and said in a statement the application to build a $45.75 million, 25-bed facility acute emergency hospital and 40-bed skilled nursing facility in West Maui is on track and moving forward.

The updated CON incorporates technical changes recommended by the Hawaii State Health Planning Development Agency (SHPDA) which will review the application and decide whether it can schedule hearings to help determine whether the acute emergency hospital and skilled nursing facility can be built. The application’s first draft was submitted Feb. 28, 2008.

Culminating an eight-year grass roots community effort by the West Maui Improvement Foundation, Hoyle said in a statement that  ”we have tried very hard to demonstrate that the new hospital in West Maui meets all criteria identified by SHPDA as its basis for decision making. We truly appreciate SHPDA’s willingness to provide guidance to assure that our application meets its requirements.”

Hoyle also expressed appreciation for the support of 1,500 donors to the hospital’s golden hour fund, Council Member Jo Anne Johnson on zoning matters, Senator Roz Baker for her strong letter of support, Rep. Angus McKelvey for his advice and counsel and members of the Maui County Initiative Health Care Task Force for naming a critical access hospital in West Maui the county’s number one health care need

Hoyle stressed that “this is an independent project developed in coordination with the West Maui Improvement Foundation and the West Maui Taxpayers Assn. with involvement of no other organization. We are not part of any coconut wireless, “he said.  It is in the best interests of everyone in Maui County to fully support our application in an informed way. The community needs to be united and not be divided.

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Squinting in sun that will shine on new hospital, Developer Brian Hoyle (right) of Newport Hospital Corp.and West Maui Improvement Foundation President Joe Pluta survey the makai view of the West Maui Mountains that patients and visitors will enjoy with the ocean at their backs.

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It's 21 miles to an emergency hospital, 21 miles back over a two-lane road often jammed with traffic. An hour one or, more away, an hour or more back--2 hours when this ambulance is unavailable to pick up another Lahaina area patient as it crawls back to town. This dilemma would end with the building of West Maui Community Hospital.

According to the Hawaii Visitors Bureau, 50,000 people--residents, visitors and workers like those shown here--live, play or work in West Maui, one of the world's premier resort communities.For unique reasons, the closest acute emergency hospital is an average 66 minutes away over a single double lane road that passes through mountainous terrain.