MIEKO HIRAMOTO started as a nurse in the mid-1950s at Kauikeolani Childrenʼs Hospital before going to New York in 1967 for specialized training in the new specialty of intensive care for newborn babies. She returned to Hawaiʻi and to Kauikeolaniʼs new Pediatric Pulmonary Center. She retired from Kapiʻolani Medical Center in 1998.
Here are Miekoʼs reflections:
Caring for Preemies in the Early Years
They needed to be in the incubator because if theyʼre attached to respirator and things like that and needed the incubator more than being outside...
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The Early Days of Neighbor Island Transport
We had to get nurses hired who were willing to come work with us, and it was brand-new...
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Return to a Look Back
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