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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 23, 2018 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />Mayor Harry Kim’s Procedure to Clear Blockage in Artery Goes Well <br /> <br />Hawai'i County Mayor Harry Kim underwent surgery on Friday at the Straub Medical <br />Center in Honolulu to clear a blockage in an artery in his lower extremities, and the <br />procedure was successful. <br /> <br />Bobbie Kim, the Mayor’s wife, said the results of the procedure were good, and that the <br />Mayor was expected to return to Hilo on Friday evening. <br /> <br />“We thank everybody for their prayers; lots of people prayed for Harry,” said Bobbie <br />Kim. “The procedure was successful and he’s just fine.” <br /> <br />“Look for Harry at the Christmas Parade on Saturday,” she said. <br /> <br />The purpose of the surgery, which routinely is an out-patient procedure, was to alleviate <br />claudication, or too little blood flow to the legs, caused by the narrowing of arteries <br />supplying blood to the lower extremities. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />