Maui Memorial, which received a $50,000 grant from HC&S parent company, Alexander & Baldwin, is apparently not cooperating in State Health Department’s Lorrin Pang’s study on whether there is a higher incidence of health problems by those exposed to cane smoke.
Pang, who spent 20 years as a clinical research specialist with the World Health Organization, has grown impatient with some administrators in the health care system on Maui, who he complains are preventing his team from finishing their task.
The study “is a worthwhile thing, but we need the clinic and hospital data” says Pang, “they (administrators) were initially willing, but now they’re raising the issue of privacy, despite DOH already having clearance.”