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<br /> <br />Wil Okabe <br /> <br />Managing Director <br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br /> Deputy Managing Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of the Mayor <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720  (808) 961-8211  Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C  Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444  Fax (808) 323-4440 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />November 20, 2018 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />Mayor Harry Kim to Undergo Procedure to Clear Blockage in Artery <br /> <br />Hawai'i County Mayor Harry Kim will undergo surgery on Friday at the Straub Medical <br />Center in Honolulu to clear a blockage in an artery in his lower extremities. <br /> <br />Kim had been originally scheduled to have the surgery done at Stanford Medical <br />Center. <br /> <br />The purpose of the surgery is to alleviate claudication, or too little blood flow to the legs, <br />caused by the narrowing of arteries supplying blood to the lower extremities. <br /> <br />The Mayor could be released from the hospital the same day as the surgery, which <br />normally is an out-patient procedure. <br /> <br />“I have to be home because I want to be in the Christmas Parade with my grand- <br />daughter on Saturday,” Kim said. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br /> <br />