Queen’s discharges first patient who otherwise would be sent to mainland for care

At the age of 80, Enriqueta Yacas spent 165 days at The Queen’s Medical Center until Monday, when she became the center’s first patient discharged to a new long-term skilled nursingfacility where she is undergoing treatment for a trifecta of medical needs that otherwise would have forced her to the West Coast or to live out the rest of her life at Queen’s.