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Briefing addresses lack of ER for west Oahu

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
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HONOLULU (AP) — The closure of a west Oahu hospital has led to longer ambulance transport times as remaining emergency rooms become overcrowded and ambulances have to take patients farther away.

That has been one of the effects of the 2011 closure of Hawaii Medical Center-West in Ewa Beach.

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