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KULA SAN: MAUI’S HEALING PLACE
Hawai’i Herald’s February 2011 issue features a two-page story on Kula San, Maui’s Healing Place by Patricia Brown. Gwen Battad Ishikawa, Managing Editor, notes that Brown’s “Centennial book recalls a progressive approach to a dreaded disease.” Ishikawa reports Brown’s statements on the development of Kula San, the people who benefited from its existence, unique proactive approaches to wellness which began as far back as 1909 and the resulting humanitarian effects which are still recognized. Ishikawa’s article is not published on the web but for a limited time can easily be obtained from various locations or from the publisher. For more on The Hawai’i Herald, Hawaii’s Japanese American Journal, Volume 32, Number 3, Friday, February 4, 2011 goto http://thehawaiiherald.com/2011/02/10/the-new-herald-hits-the-stores/
Lee Cataluna of the Star Advertiser writes:
Kula San Maui’s Healing Place strikes “a balance between a meticulously researched historical piece and a colorful yearbook of photos, Kula San Maui’s Healing Place is a stunning testament. It’s hard to imagine a book about a hospital that was built in desperation to deal with a terrifying scourge could be so uplifting and at times joyful.”
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Maui News article on lecture at Maui Public Libraries. ”Brown focuses on Kula San as, ‘a place of hope, compassion, and healing.’ “
Like Pu’ukoli’i plantation camp where I grew up, Kula San on the slopes of Haleakala is a part of our collective memories. Dr. Patricia Brown transports readers from a magical location of green fields and fresh air to the heroic battles waged by doctors, nurses, administrators, philanthropists, federal and territorial government to provide health care to plantation era communities.
— Milton Murayama, author of All I Asking for is My Body and Five Years on a Rock
Dr. Brown has unearthed a story that reveals there were also Filipinos who wore medical whites in sanatorium wards rather than work clothes tilling Maui’s soil. Such a story is not only about Maui, Hawaii’s multi-ethnic immigrants, or Filipino Americans, but more significantly, about United States history and culture.
— Dr. Fred Cordova, co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society and author of Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans
Within these pages are Kula San’s colorful patients, residents, dedicated workers, and Maui’s business and community leaders. This enjoyable and impressive book is an educational journey to a prominent Maui landmark.
—Shirley Koga Takahashi, RN, BSN, CNA, NHA, former Kula Hospital Administrator
Dr. Brown pays tribute to Kula San’s continuing legacy of health care in Hawai’i. Her keen research and personal insights bring to light that Kula San was once decades ahead of its time in fostering prevention-based care andwellness, long before that term had even been coined.
—Jack Lewin, M.D., former Kula Hospital Medical Director and Chief of Medical Staff and director of the Hawai’i State Department of Health.
Kula Hospital Auxiliary presents
A Book Signing by Dr. Patricia A. Brown
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Celebrating 100 Years of Struggle and Triumph: Kula Hospital Launches
Kula San Maui’s Healing Place at Ho’olaule’a on September 12, 2010
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