Puna pastor thanks medical team a year after life-saving heart transplant

Puna pastor Alan Tamashiro reunited Tuesday at Hilo Benioff Medical Center with members of the medical team who helped save his life, one year after his heart transplant. The 67-year-old developed congestive heart failure and was transferred from Hilo to Maui and then California for emergency treatment and a transplant at USC. Tamashiro thanked the clinicians who coordinated his care across the islands and beyond.