Updated 1/12/21, 12 p.m.
Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth is still recovering at Hilo Medical Center from a heart attack he suffered over the weekend. County officials say a second evaluation is underway as doctors continue to monitor his condition.
Roth suffered the heart attack on Saturday evening in South Kohala. He was tranported to North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital and later to Hilo Medical Center, where he was treated, and a stent implanted. My wife Noriko and I are humbled by the outpouring of support and aloha we have received from our island community, said Roth. I am confident that I will be back to full health very soon. In the meantime, I know my team will continue to work tirelessly to serve our community in my stead.
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Updated 1/12/21, 10:30 a.m.
Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth is still recovering at Hilo Medical Center from a heart attack he suffered over the weekend. County officials say a second evaluation is underway as doctors continue to monitor his condition.
Roth suffered the heart attack on Saturday evening in South Kohala. He was tranported to North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital and later to Hilo Medical Center, where he was treated, and a stent implanted. My wife Noriko and I are humbled by the outpouring of support and aloha we have received from our island community, said Roth. I am confident that I will be back to full health very soon. In the meantime, I know my team will continue to work tirelessly to serve our community in my stead.
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About the Authors
Williamson Chang, professor of law, has taught at the William S. Richardson School of Law since 1976. He has been active in serving the Native Hawaiian community and in 2017 he was recognized as the Native Hawaiian Patriot of the year.
Abbey Seitz is a professional community planner and freelance writer with a master’s in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
In 1920, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole delivered an impassioned speech to the U.S. Congress, in which he proclaimed: “The Hawaiian race is passing … and if conditions continue to exist as they do today, this splendid race of people, my people, will pass from the face of the Earth.”