A distinguished group of people — including Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, House Speaker Nadine Nakamura, and Rep. Dee Morikawa — was on hand Tuesday to learn that the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust granted more than $10.6 million to help the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital expand and develop its MRI suite.

The Helmsley Charitable Trust is granting an additional $631,000 to KVMH to help the hospital expand simulation healthcare training.

“Access to timely, state-of-the-art diagnostic modalities such as MRI in Neighbor Island communities is crucial to our rural safety net healthcare system in Hawaii,” said Gov. Josh Green, M.D. in a press release. “The generosity of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust enhances KVMH’s ability to deliver premier care to the people o

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