Push to beef up emergency services in underserved areas

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Lawmakers are pushing for better, more air ambulances and access to emergency services on Molokai and other rural areas across the state. In a medical emergency, seconds mean the difference between life and death. Molokai resident Opu’ulani Albino, knows this firsthand. In April 2021, she went to Molokai General Hospital, the only medical center on the island, for an infection. “From the hospital, they picked me up and shipped me out right away cause there was an infection and it was sepsis,” Albino explained. “If that didn’t happen, I would have died here on Molokai cause there…