Clean clothes, a fresh shower, and routine medical check-ups await patients as they walk through the doors of an Iwilei health care clinic. But this particular clinic is dedicated solely to Oʻahu’s unhoused population. Whether they have insurance or not, the care is free.
“When I found this, man, it was like a breath of fresh air,” said Leighton Fuentes, a patient who has been coming to the clinic for about a year and a half. He got emotional as he described the kindness he’s felt from the clinic’s workers and volunteers.
“You don’t have to just have medical problems to come here. You could just come in for a refuge to get away from the street or away from the scene, or have conversation with the people here, and sometimes that’s all you need.”…