Queen's reopens clinics, outpatient services as Island Covid cases dwindle

The Queen’s Medical Center reopened the main operating room at its Punchbowl campus to non-emergency surgeries, the health system announced Thursday. The latest opening follows a series of successful and safe reopenings at The Queen’s Health Systems’ clinics and other outpatient departments over the past three weeks. When Covid mandates first began in March, Gov. David Ige and the county mayors paused non-emergency surgeries and significantly reduced other outpatient services, including diagnostic…