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Hoʻopau ia i ka hale kipa, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kikowaena kōkua wikiwiki i kahi ʻano uku ma ka manawa o kāu kipa ʻana ke ʻole ʻoe he ʻinikua. No laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi bila ma hope aku, ʻoi aku ka nui inā he hana lab a i ʻole kiʻi ʻana ka ʻāpana o kāu mālama.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe no ka hele ʻana i ka urgent care me ka ʻinikua ʻole, ʻae, hiki ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia. Akā ke ʻike ʻoe i ke ʻano o kāna hana ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i ka mākaukau. E wehewehe kāua.
Ma ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻae. Nui nā kikowaena kōkua wikiwiki e noi aku i nā poʻe maʻi ʻaʻohe ʻinikua e uku ma mua a ma hope koke paha o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau. Hiki ke lilo i ke kumukūʻai piha i manaʻo ʻia a i ʻole kahi waihona hapa.
Maʻalahi ke kumu. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻinikua, pili ka hale kipa i kāu ʻoihana ʻinikua. Me ka ʻinikua ʻole, ʻaʻohe ʻaoʻao ʻekolu e pili ai. No laila, hōʻiliʻili ka hale kipa i ka uku mai iā ʻoe pololei.
Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa nā kulekele mai ka hale kipa a i ka hale kipa. Nui ka hōʻiliʻili i kahi uku paʻa mua a hoʻouna i kahi bila kaʻawale ma hope inā e kupu mai nā uku hou. ʻO kekahi paha e koi i ka uku piha ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana i kahi mea hoʻolako. ʻO ke kelepona ʻana i mua he ʻoi aku ia i ka hana akamai no laila ʻaʻohe mea pūʻiwa ke hōʻea ʻoe.
ʻOiai inā uku ʻoe i kekahi mea ma mua, aia nā kūlana kahi e hoʻouna aku ai paha kahi kikowaena kōkua wikiwiki iā ʻoe i kahi bila ma hope.
Eia nā kumu maʻamau āu e loaʻa ai kahi bila ma hope:
No laila, ʻaʻole ia manaʻo ua pau ʻoe ka uku ʻana i kekahi mea ma ka wahi. E nīnau i ka ʻaoʻao mua inā hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i nā uku hou ma hope o kou kipa ʻana.
ʻO ke kumukūʻai o kahi kipa kōkua wikiwiki me ka ʻinikua ʻole ma waena o $100 a me $300 no kahi kipa maʻalahi. Uhi kēia i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi mea hoʻolako, ka nānā ʻana, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi maʻi.
Hiki i nā lawelawe hou ke hoʻonui i kēlā helu. ʻO kahi kipa pololei no kekahi mea e like me ka ʻeha ʻeha a i ʻole ka maʻi ʻeha maʻalahi ma kahi o $100 a $150. ʻO nā kipa e koi ana i nā X-ray, nā ʻokiʻoki, a i ʻole nā splinting hiki ke hoʻonui i ka huina kokoke i $200 a i $400. Hoʻohui ka hoʻāʻo lab i kekahi mea mai $25 a i $200 e pili ana i ka mea i kauoha ʻia.
ʻO kēia mau helu e ʻokoʻa e ka wahi a me ka hale kipa. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā hale kipa i nā kūlanakauhale nui ma mua o ka poʻe i nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi. Akā, ʻo ka mea nui, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kōkua wikiwiki ma mua o ka lumi pilikia, ʻo ia ka mea hiki ke kumukūʻai i nā tausani no ka mālama like. No ka poʻe he nui, ʻo ke kōkua wikiwiki ka koho kūpono loa ke loaʻa ʻole ka kauka maʻamau.

He hopohopo kēia no ka nui o ka poʻe, a ʻo ka pane he ʻae, hiki i kekahi mau hale kipa. ʻAʻole like me nā lumi pilikia, i koi ʻia e ke kānāwai e mālama iā ʻoe me ka nānā ʻole i ka hiki ke uku, ʻo nā kikowaena kōkua wikiwiki nā ʻoihana pilikino i hoʻonoho i kā lākou mau kulekele ponoʻī.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hale kipa e ʻike iā ʻoe. Hoʻomaopopo lākou ʻaʻole nā poʻe āpau ka ʻinikua. Akā inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke uku i kekahi mea, ʻaʻole paha kekahi e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe. ʻAʻole kēia maʻamau, akā hiki ke hana.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe, e kelepona i mua. E nīnau e pili ana i kā lākou kulekele no nā poʻe maʻi ʻaʻohe ʻinikua a me nā ʻano uku a lākou e ʻae ai.
ʻAe, a hiki i kahi hana liʻiliʻi ke mālama iā ʻoe i ke kālā maoli. Nui nā hale kipa e hāʻawi i nā koho e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kipa, ʻoiai me ka ʻinikua ʻole.
ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hele ʻana i ka mākaukau. ʻOiai me ka ʻole o ke kāleka ʻinikua, e lawe mai i kahi ID kiʻi kūpono a me ke ʻano uku. ʻAe ka hapa nui o nā hale kipa i nā kāleka hōʻaiʻē, nā kāleka debit, a me kekahi manawa ke kālā.
Kōkua pū ia e lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āu e lawe ai a me kahi hōʻuluʻulu pōkole o kāu mōʻaukala olakino. Hāʻawi kēia i ka mea hoʻolako i ka ʻike koʻikoʻi no kāu mālama.
ʻAʻole ʻo ka ʻinikua ʻole ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻole ʻoe e haʻalele i ka mālama olakino ke pono ʻoe. Aia nā kikowaena kōkua wikiwiki e hāʻawi i ka mālama kūpono a maʻalahi no nā hopohopo olakino ʻaʻole pilikia. Hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia nā kumukūʻai, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka lumi pilikia.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hale kipa makemake maoli e kōkua iā ʻoe i kahi ala e uku ai e hana no kou kūlana. Nui o lākou e hana me nā poʻe maʻi ʻaʻohe ʻinikua i kēlā me kēia lā a loaʻa nā ʻōnaehana i hoʻonoho ʻia e hana.
Inā maʻi ʻoe a pono e ʻike ʻia. E kelepona i ka hale kipa, e nīnau e pili ana i kā lākou mau kulekele, a e hele e kiʻi i ka mālama āu e pono ai. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka paʻakikī o kahi pilikia olakino liʻiliʻi i mālama ʻia i ka wā mua ma mua o ka mea i mālama ʻole ʻia. ʻOi aku kou olakino ma mua o ke kaʻina pili bila, a ʻoi aku nā koho i loaʻa iā ʻoe ma mua o kou manaʻo.
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