Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Geography
Location Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Organization
Care system Community
Hospital type Non-profit
Network Hawaii Pacific Health
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 207
History
Founded 1978
Links
Website http://www.kapiolani.org
Lists Hospitals in Hawaii


The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Kapiʻolani Medical Center

Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children is part of Hawaii Pacific Health's network of hospitals. It is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, within the residential inner city district of Makiki. Kapiʻolani Medical Center is Hawaii's only children's hospital with a team of physicians and nurses and specialized technology trained specifically to care for children, from infants to young adults. It is the state's only 24-hour pediatric emergency room, pediatric intensive care unit and adolescent unit.

The facility was originally founded by Queen Kapiʻolani as the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home in 1890 for which she held bazaars and luaus to raise $8,000 needed to start the Home. It has since changed its name several times. Kauikeolani Children’s Hospital opened in 1909 named for Emma Kauikeolani Napoleon Mahelona (1862–1931), the wife of Albert Spencer Wilcox (1844–1919).[1] In 1978, it merged with Kapiʻolani Hospital to become Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children.[2][3][4]

It is also notable as the birthplace of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.[5][6][7][8][9]

Historical timeline

A woman with a baby at the Kapiolani Maternity Home around the twenty-first anniversary in 1912
A new mother holds her baby who was born 10 weeks premature at Kapiʻolani Medical Center

Kapiʻolani Hospital[10]

Kauikeolani Children's Hospital[10]

Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children[10]

References

  1. Nellist, George F. (ed.) (1925). "Albert Spencer Wilcox". The story of Hawaii and its builders. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  2. . (2009). "100 years of caring for children". Honolulu: Kapiolani Health Foundation. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  3. Kessing, Alice (August 19, 2009). "Queen Kapi’olani’s living gift to island keiki". MidWeek (Honolulu). Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  4. Hawaii Pacific Health (August 26, 2009). "Kapi'olani Hospital's '100 years - over 1 million lives' celebration". Honolulu: KGMB. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  5. Maraniss, David (August 24, 2008). "Though Obama had to leave to find himself, it is Hawaii that made his rise possible". The Washington Post. p. A22. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  6. Serafin, Peter (March 21, 2004). "Punahou grad stirs up Illinois politics". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  7. Hoover, Will (November 9, 2008). "Obama's Hawaii boyhood homes drawing gawkers". The Honolulu Advertiser. p. A1. Retrieved June 28, 2009. Birthplaces and boyhood homes of U.S. presidents have been duly noted and honored
  8. . (January 24, 2009). "Kapi' olani Health Foundation, The Centennial Dinner 1/24/09". Honolulu: Kapiolani Health Foundation. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  9. Nakaso, Dan (December 22, 2008). "Twin sisters, Obama on parallel paths for years". The Honolulu Advertiser. p. B1. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Yardley, Maili; Rogers, Miriam (1984). The history of Kapiolani Hospital. Honolulu: Topgallant Pub. Co. ISBN 0-914916-62-9.
    • Schnack, Ferdinand J.H. (1915). The aloha guide: the standard handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 150. OCLC 12657550.
    • Allen, Gwenfread E. (1950). Hawaii's war years, 1941–1945. Honolulu: University of Hawaii. p. 339. ISBN 0-8371-5331-X.
    • Catton, Margaret Mary Louise (1959). Social service in Hawaii. Palo Alto, Calif.: Pacific Books. pp. 99–101, 102–103, 289. OCLC 1970774.
    • Lewis, Frances R. Hegglund (1969). History of nursing in Hawaii. Node, Wyo.: Germann-Kilmer. pp. 68, 104. OCLC 11323826.
    • Bowers, John Z.; Purcell, Elizabeth (1978). New medical schools at home and abroad: report of a Macy conference. New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. p. 73. ISBN 0-914362-26-7.
    • Lipp, Martin R. (1991). Medical landmarks USA: a travel guide to historic sites, architectural gems, remarkable museums and libraries, and other places of health related interest. New York: McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Div. pp. 310–311. ISBN 0-07-037974-2.
    • . (March 8, 2010). "Final Environmental Assessment (FEA): Proposed improvements to Kapliolani Medical Center for Women and Children (December 2009)" (PDF). Honolulu: Office of Environmental Quality Control, Department of Health, State of Hawaii. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  11. "Canadian Mom Billed Almost $1 Million After Unexpectedly Going Into Early Labor On Vacation". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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