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Homeless outreach continues during coronavirus pandemic

By Bruce Asato

April 20, 2020

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Dr. Christina Wang and nurse practitioner Courtny Tanigawa of the Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center reached out to homeless individuals in Chinatown on Friday. The two roll Tom Griffin in his office chair on a River Street sidewalk in Chinatown to assist him.
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Sam Bajwa checks on the new bandage around his ribcage applied by Courtny Tanigawa on the walkway adjacent to the Chinatown Cultural Plaza.
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While seated in her motorized scooter, Charlene Kaanapu shows the almost healed infection site on her left leg to Dr. Christina Wang and nurse practitioner Courtny Tanigawa on a walkway adjacent to the Chinatown Cultural Center.
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Nurse Practitioner Courtny Tanigawa, left, and Dr. Christina Wang prepare to treat Terrance Gora for open wounds on his neck and legs as he sits on an outdoor seating area of a walkway adjacent to the Chinatown Cultural Plaza.
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Dr. Christina Wang applies a large adhesive bandage on the open wounds on Terrance Gora's neck as he sits on an outdoor seating area of a walkway adjacent to the Chinatown Cultural Plaza.
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Dr. Christina Wang and nurse practitioner Courtny Tanigawa of the Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center wrap Terrance Gora's open wound on his leg with a gauze bandage as he sits on an outdoor seating area of a walkway adjacent to the Chinatown Cultural Plaza.
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Dr. Christina Wang cleans the leg of one of the people she has previously treated as he lies on the steps at the Chinatown Cultural Plaza. "I'm not homeless," the unidentified man said when asked if he was, "I'm a drug addict."
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Dr. Christina Wang applies an adhesive bandage on a cigarette burn Heather Fell's chest on a River Street sidewalk in Chinatown.
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Dr. Christina Wang prepares to wrap a gauze bandage on Heather Fell's foot after treatment on a River Street sidewalk in Chinatown.
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Dr. Christina Wang finishes the gauze bandage wrap on Heather Fell's foot after treatment on a River Street sidewalk in Chinatown.
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Nurse practitioner Courtny Tanigawa and Dr. Christina Wang look over the hospital discharge papers of Tom Griffin. He had suffered a broken arm from a beating on the street.
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Dr. Christina Wang checks on Tom Griffin as he sits on an office chair on a River Street sidewalk in Chinatown.
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Dr. Christina Wang, tobacco treatment specialist Mono Ah Nee-Bahn and nurse practitioner Courtny Tanigawa check on 69-year-old Tom Griffin as he sits on an office chair on a River Street sidewalk in Chinatown.
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Dr. Christina Wang and nurse practitioner Courtny Tanigawa roll 69-year-old Tom Griffin in his office chair across a crosswalk at River Street in Chinatown to help him.
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