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You know, one thing about the spirit
and the culture

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You know, one thing about the spirit
and the culture

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You know, one thing about the spirit
and the culture

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and the community of Hawai‘i is we're an awful
long way from anywhere else.

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And so the need to take care of
each other, need to take care of ourselves,

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need to plan for the future.

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It is something that's deeply ingrained,
that just being part of Hawai‘i.

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And that's what I see in Straub,

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and that's what I see in the future of Straub.

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I was chairman of the board
when we acquired Straub.

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So I've seen the, uh, institution,

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um, grow from a, a rather humble beginning,

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and to where it is now,

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it's an extraordinarily viable institution

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in the health care, uh, community
in the state of Hawai‘i.

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100 years ago, when Dr. George Straub

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thought about creating The Clinic,

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he wanted it to be a place

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where patients’ well-being
was foremost of importance

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and that family members could be treated
under one roof.

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Today, Straub still puts patients’

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well-being at the forefront,
and they deliver quality care.

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Straub’s role is critical because even

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in this day and age, where you have

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so much technology

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within the medical field,

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there's no substitute
for a physical presence and proximity.

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Certainly, uh, at the time of your need,

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you want to be sure you've got the best,

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best health care facility available.

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And it's great to know
that we've got world-class

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health care facilities here in Hawai‘i.

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And that's why
we need to support, uh, the efforts

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of Straub.

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HPH and Straub have,

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have prioritized

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outreach programs
to actually get out to the people,

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and to educate, and to be a real resource.

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Their response
and their assistance with COVID-19

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is illustrative of

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how when you bring smart people together,

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and they collectively use their wisdom,

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incredible things can happen.

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That kind of effort
that takes people to a place like that

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is to be respected, is to be admired,

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is to be, is to be grateful for.

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That people who care so much,
you know, to work that hard

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in situations that quite honestly,
often times and in that case,

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especially, could have been life and death.

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When you think about Straub over
100 something years ago,

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developing you know, this now,

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you know, world-renowned hospital,

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you know,
we need to continue to innovate.

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Straub has to expand
because the need has expanded,

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constantly updating, making sure we're cutting edge,

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making sure we have that right mix of people is necessary.

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So the fact that, you know, as a strategy
that Straub is making itself

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more accessible to clinics
and expansion of their hospital,

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I think is a very reassuring thing
for the community.

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This campaign to build a new Straub
is very exciting for me personally,

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because I've seen where it came from
and where it can go.

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Straub is looking towards the future

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and not worrying about
just what today's needs are,

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but they're looking toward

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what the needs of Hawaiʻi and the
community will be going forward,

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and I think if we have more
and more organizations like that,

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Hawai‘i will just be an amazing place

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to raise our families and our kids.

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If we take this project on
and if it's important

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to us in our community,
every single person can get involved.

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And I think the pride that you will feel

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playing a part in building
something that is going to really change

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our community's
future, will give each of us satisfaction.

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And now it's time
to grow the capacity of Straub.

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Now it's time to grow the adaptability
of Straub into the 21st century

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‘cause health care is changing,
and we have that need.

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And so for Straub to continue to be all
that it’s been to our community

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for so many years, it's
going to take capital,

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it's going to take capacity,
and it's going to take the commitment

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of not just the people of HPH and Straub,
but the people of Hawai'i.