Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & 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. Kapi'olani 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 Kapi'olani as the Kapi'olani Maternity Home in 1890 for which she held bazaars and luaus to raise $8,000 needed to start the Home. Kauikeolani Children’s Hospital opened 1909. In 1978, it merged with Kapi‘olani Maternity Home to become Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children [1] [2] [3]
It is also known for being the birthplace of United States President Barack Obama.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
References
- ^ "100 Years of Caring for Children". Kapiolani Medical Center. http://www.kapiolanigift.org/timeline/index.html.
- ^ Keesing, Alice (19 Aug 2009). "Queen Kapi’olani’s Living Gift to Island Keiki". Midweek. http://www.midweek.com/content/story/midweek_coverstory/queen_kapiolanis_living_gift_to_island_keiki/P1/.
- ^ Sunrise (26 August 2009). "Kapi'olani Hospital's '100 Years - Over 1 Million Lives' Celebration". KGMB9. http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/20536/108/.
- ^ Maraniss, David (24 August 2008). "Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself, It Is Hawaii That Made His Rise Possible". Politics (The Washington Post). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301620.html. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ Serafin, Peter (21 March 2004). "Punahou grad stirs up Illinois politics" (Article). Special to the Star-Bulletin (Honolulu Star-Bulletin). http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/03/21/news/story4.html. Retrieved November 30 2008.
- ^ Hoover, Will (Sunday, November 9, 2008). "Obama's Hawaii boyhood homes drawing gawkers". Honolulu: Honolulu Advertiser. http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081109/NEWS01/811090361/-1/specialobama08. Retrieved 24 December 2008. "Birthplaces and boyhood homes of U.S. presidents have been duly noted and honored"
- ^ "Kapi' olani Health Foundation | The Centennial Dinner 1/24/09". Kapiolanigift.org. 2009-01-24. http://www.kapiolanigift.org/centennial.aspx?id=1728. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ Nakaso, Dan (2008-12-22). "Twin sisters, Obama on parallel paths for years". Honolulu Advertiser. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Dec/22/ln/hawaii812220320.html. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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