WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — The Hawaii Health Systems Corp. filed a lawsuit claiming land leases it entered into with the Pacific Cancer Institute are illegal and should be voided.
WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — The Hawaii Health Systems Corp. filed a lawsuit claiming land leases it entered into with the Pacific Cancer Institute are illegal and should be voided.
The corporation filed the suit Tuesday over the land leases it entered in 2005 and 2012.
The corporation said the 2012 lease violates two federal laws, while the institute said those allegations are inaccurate.
The cancer institute’s founder, Dr. Bobby Baker, said he is saddened that the announcement of the lawsuit could cause patients to worry about where they are going to receive treatment. But parties on both sides of the lawsuit said maintaining radiation cancer treatment for Maui County patients is a priority.
The institute provides the island’s only radiation therapy.
The quasi-government health systems corporation said that it reached a stalemate with the institute after more than a year of lease negotiations.
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