Kona Community Hospital braces for surge

Doctors Audrey McCandless and Scott Cassidy stand with Lt. Gov. Josh Green, right, and Rep. Richard Creagan, back, during a tour of Kona Community Hospital’s tent in March. (Courtesy photo/Special to West Hawaii Today)

While West Hawaii has largely been spared in the state’s most recent surge of COVID-19 cases, Kona Community Hospital has been working in the recent weeks and days to prepare for an outbreak.

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