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Queen’s gets level 1 trauma recertification

JAMM AQUINO/JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

The Queen’s Medical Center seen in downtown Honolulu.

The Queen’s Medical Center was recertified Wednesday as Hawaii’s only level 1 trauma center.

The American College of Surgeons notified the Punchbowl Street hospital that it will continue its designation as the highest-level trauma center through Aug. 11, 2020.

The designation means that Queen’s has the resources to perform the highest level of surgical care for trauma patients.

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