the mission of the Puna Community Medical Center Foundation is to promote and support the Puna Community Medical Center in providing readily accessible health care to the residents
of, and visitors to, Puna

ESTABLISHED 2018
email: thePCMCF@gmail.com
mail: PCMC Foundation at P.O. Box 1082, Pahoa, HI 96778
Mahalo to the Men of Pa'a for their recent work to clean up the building site.​

planning a future
​Medical Campus 

PUNA COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER
​In addition to the Kipuka Garden, the planned Puna Community Medical Center will include a dental center, a women's health center, a 25-bed hospital and an emergency room.

​ The PCMC campus is located after the 9 mile marker  on Highway 130, a short distance before Pahoa town, if one is headed to Pahoa from Kea'au or Hilo.

LĀ'au Lapa'au
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALING

KĪPUKA COMMUNITY GARDEN
​The Puna Community Medical Center Foundation (PCMCF) has formally inaugurated its  Hawaiian Healing Center starting with a Hawaiian medicinal herb Kipuka Garden.

Hawaiian medicinal plants initially planned for the Kipuka are ʻŪhaloa, Noni, ʻŌlena, Kalo, Laʻi, Niu, ʻAwa, Kukui. ​

The Hawaiian Healing Center will  be an important component of the larger Puna Community Medical Campus.


PUNA COMMUNITY 
​ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE

PUNA HEALTHCARE 
​The Puna district of Hawaii is a rural geographic area located south of Hilo, consisting of Keaʻau, Pāhoa, Mountain View, Kurtistown, and Volcano. 

​Other than local primary care providers the region has minimal healthcare assets in the Puna district making it one of the most under-served communities in the State of Hawai’i.

Hilo Benioff Medical Center (HBMC) is located over 20 miles from PCMC and houses the closest emergency room and acute care hospital.  A one-way trip to Hilo Medical Center is more than 30 minutes (not accounting for traffic) away from the majority of the Puna district’s residents.
 
PUNA COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
ESTABLISHED 2018