State lawmakers urge better mental health care resources for health care workers.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022
State lawmakers urge better mental health resources for health care workers
As 50 Kaiser Permanente clinicians who serve more than 260,000 patients throughout the islands continue an open-ended strike, 15 Hawai‘i state legislators on Tuesday signed a letter addressing the increasing challenges faced by health care providers specifically relating to mental health.
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Russ Roberts (https://hawaiinewsdigest.net).