The Queen’s Medical Center – West Oʻahu received a generous $5 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust that will expand access to critical cancer care.
Helmsley’s $5 million grant will fund a 2,500-square-foot expansion of The Queen’s Medical Center – West O‘ahu Cancer Center that will add three infusion bays and six exam rooms and allow the hospital to accommodate 20 percent more patients.
“O‘ahu residents facing cancer diagnoses should be able to access top-notch cancer care close to home, where family and friends can provide much-needed support,” said Walter Panzirer, a Trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust. “These expansions will ensure patients can get the care they need in a timely manner.”
The phased reconfiguration of The Queen’s Medical Center – West O‘ahu Cancer Center will relocate and expand infusion services and modernize the medical oncology clinic, reducing wait times while accommodating a growing number of patients.
“We are extremely grateful to the Helmsley Charitable Trust for this very generous gift, and for their commitment to supporting high quality health care for the people of Hawai‘i,” said Jason Chang, The Queen’s Health Systems President and Chief Executive Officer. “This expansion of cancer services at our West O‘ahu hospital will allow us the ability to better serve residents living in those communities so they are able to receive care closer to home.”
About the Helmsley Charitable Trust
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust aspires to improve lives by supporting exceptional efforts in the U.S. and around the world in health and select place-based initiatives. Since beginning active grantmaking in 2008, Helmsley has committed more than $4.5 billion for a wide range of charitable purposes. Helmsley’s Rural Healthcare Program funds innovative projects that use information technologies to connect rural patients to emergency medical care, bring the latest medical therapies to patients in remote areas, and provide state-of-the-art training for rural hospitals and EMS personnel. To date, this program has awarded more than $750 million to organizations and initiatives in the states of Hawai‘i, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and two U.S. Pacific territories, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. For more information about the Helmsley Charitable Trust, click here.
