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 department, pediatric intensive care unit and adolescent unit. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Hawaii.[1][2]
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children (2021)A woman with a baby at the Kapiolani Maternity Home around the twenty-first anniversary in 1912Barack Obama birth announcementA new mother holds her baby who was born 10 weeks premature at Kapiʻolani Medical Center
The facility was 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 Kauikeōlani Napoleon Mahelona (1862–1931), the wife of Albert Spencer Wilcox (1844–1919).[3] In 1978, it merged with Kapiʻolani Hospital to become Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children.[4][5][6]
In 1890, after the princess's sister, Queen Kapiʻolani, raised $8,000 through bazaars and luaus, she founded the Kapiʻolani Home of the Hoʻoulu and Hoʻola Lahui Society (society to propagate and perpetuate the race), located at Beretania and Makiki streets, to provide a maternity home for Hawaiian women. The five-bedroom home was opened on June 14, 1890, by King Kalākaua and Queen Kapiʻolani. Only six babies were born at the home the first year since Native Hawaiian women remained suspicious of doctors and institutions.
In 1917, the society purchased the adjacent August Dreier property southeast of Ululani on Beretania Street.
In 1918, the home moved to a two-story house with 25 beds at 1538 S. Beretania Street, changed its name to the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home, and opened its doors to women of other than Hawaiian descent.
In 1927, the trustees purchased the property of Dr. John Whitney on the southeast corner of Punahou and Bingham streets to build a new maternity home.
In 1928, groundbreaking ceremonies for the new maternity home were held on June 28.
In 1929, the home moved on March 26 to a new larger building with 50 beds (in twenty-two private rooms, four 2-bedrooms, and two wards) located on the southeast corner of Punahou and Bingham streets and expanded its functions to include non-infectious gynecological problems. The original Whitney home was converted to a nurses' home.
In 1931, its name was changed to the Kapiʻolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital.
In 1939, after purchasing the adjacent Spalding property south of the hospital on Punahou Street, the Spalding home was converted into a nurses' home named the Kekaulike Nurses' Home.
In 1945, the hospital, at 1611 Bingham Street, finished construction of the two-story Ewa wing that doubled its capacity to 110 beds.
In 1957, the hospital completed a new and enlarged nursery.
In 1966, the hospital completed a new four-story Lani Ward Booth wing on Punahou Street, with the top two floors left as shells, capacity remained at 110 beds.
In 1970, the hospital finished the fourth floor of the Lani Booth wing on Punahou Street, capacity increased to 138 beds.
In 1971, its name was changed to Kapiʻolani Hospital.
In 1974, the hospital began a major rebuilding project, adding an eleven-story hospital and medical office tower on the southeast corner of Punahou and Bingham Streets, a three-story building, and a parking structure for a combined Kapiʻolani/Children's Medical Center.
In 1976, the new tower was dedicated and Kapiʻolani patients were moved to its second and fourth floors.
In 1977, a section of the original 1929 building was torn down and tiles from its roof were sold to commemorate the 145,000 babies born under it from 1929 to 1977.
Kauikeolani Children's Hospitaledit
In 1908, Albert Spencer Wilcox (1844–1919) gave $55,000 and other private subscribers gave an additional $50,000 to buy several acres of land and erect a two-story comparatively small, homelike children's hospital (with preference given to Hawaiian children) at 226 N. Kuakini Street, named after Wilcox's wife, Emma Kauikeolani Napoliean Mahelona (1862–1931). A maternity service was soon after added to the hospital.
In 1929, the maternity service at the hospital was discontinued.
In 1950, a new, modern two-story hospital building with a capacity of 100 beds replaced the original building.
In 1953, the Rehabilitation Center of Hawaii was established by the Kauikeolani Children's Hospital Foundation.
In 1969, the rehabilitation center was renamed the Pacific Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
In 1975, the rehabilitation center separated from Kauikeolani Children's Hospital to become the independent Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, which expanded into the 1950 Kauikeolani Children's Hospital building after the latter relocated to Kapiʻolani/Children's Medical Center on September 15, 1978.
Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Childrenedit
In 1976, Kapiʻolani Hospital and Kauikeolani Children's Hospital began a protracted, decade-long merger.
In 1978, Kauikeolani Children's Hospital moved into the new eleven-story (226-bed, 108-bassinet) Kapiʻolani/Children's Medical Center tower located at 1319 Punahou Street on the southeast corner of Punahou and Bingham streets—initially with separate entrances for the pediatricians on Bingham Street and the obstetricians on Punahou Street.
In 1984, the medical staff and board of directors of the two former hospitals were merged.
In 1986, the two former hospitals formally completed their merger.
In 1989, Kapiʻolani purchased for $76 million the new 116-bed Pali Momi Medical Center in Aiea, built by Health Care International, six months after it opened.
In 2001, Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children and Kapiʻolani Medical Center at Pali Momi in Aiea merged with Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihue on the Hawaiian island of Kauai (founded in 1938) and the Straub Clinic & Hospital (founded in 1921) on King Street, under a new parent company, Hawaii Pacific Health.
Referencesedit
Sourcesedit
Yardley, Maili; Rogers, Miriam (1984). The history of Kapiolani Hospital. Honolulu: Topgallant Pub. Co. ISBN0-914916-62-9.
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. ISBN0-8371-5331-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. ISBN0-914362-26-7.
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. ISBN0-07-037974-2.
"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. March 8, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
Footnotesedit
^"What is a NICU? What is a PICU?". Hawaii Pacific Health. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
^Nellist, George F., ed. (1925). "Albert Spencer Wilcox". The story of Hawaii and its builders. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
^"100 years of caring for children". Honolulu: Kapiolani Health Foundation. 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
^Kessing, Alice (August 19, 2009). . MidWeek. Honolulu. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
^Hawaii Pacific Health (August 26, 2009). "Kapi'olani Hospital's '100 years – over 1 million lives' celebration". Honolulu: KGMB. Retrieved October 1, 2009.[permanent dead link]
^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.
^Serafin, Peter (March 21, 2004). "Punahou grad stirs up Illinois politics". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
^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
^"Kapi' olani Health Foundation, The Centennial Dinner January 24, 2009". Honolulu: Kapiolani Health Foundation. January 24, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
^Nakaso, Dan (December 22, 2008). "Twin sisters, Obama on parallel paths for years". The Honolulu Advertiser. p. B1. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
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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 department pediatric intensive care unit and adolescent unit The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants children teens and young adults aged 0 21 throughout Hawaii 1 2 Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and ChildrenHawaii Pacific HealthGeographyLocationHonolulu Oahu Hawaii United StatesOrganizationCare systemCommunityTypeNon profitNetworkHawaii Pacific HealthServicesEmergency departmentYesBeds207HistoryOpened1890LinksWebsitehttp www kapiolani orgListsHospitals in Hawaii Kapiolani Medical Center for Women amp Children 2021 A woman with a baby at the Kapiolani Maternity Home around the twenty first anniversary in 1912 Barack Obama birth announcement A new mother holds her baby who was born 10 weeks premature at Kapiʻolani Medical Center The facility was 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 Kauikeōlani Napoleon Mahelona 1862 1931 the wife of Albert Spencer Wilcox 1844 1919 3 In 1978 it merged with Kapiʻolani Hospital to become Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children 4 5 6 Contents 1 Historical timeline 1 1 Kapiʻolani Hospital 1 2 Kauikeolani Children s Hospital 1 3 Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children 2 References 2 1 Sources 2 2 Footnotes 3 External linksHistorical timeline editKapiʻolani Hospital edit In 1884 Princess Victoria Kekaulike died and willed her home Ululani as the site of a proposed maternity home to help Hawaiian mothers In 1890 after the princess s sister Queen Kapiʻolani raised 8 000 through bazaars and luaus she founded the Kapiʻolani Home of the Hoʻoulu and Hoʻola Lahui Society society to propagate and perpetuate the race located at Beretania and Makiki streets to provide a maternity home for Hawaiian women The five bedroom home was opened on June 14 1890 by King Kalakaua and Queen Kapiʻolani Only six babies were born at the home the first year since Native Hawaiian women remained suspicious of doctors and institutions In 1917 the society purchased the adjacent August Dreier property southeast of Ululani on Beretania Street In 1918 the home moved to a two story house with 25 beds at 1538 S Beretania Street changed its name to the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home and opened its doors to women of other than Hawaiian descent In 1927 the trustees purchased the property of Dr John Whitney on the southeast corner of Punahou and Bingham streets to build a new maternity home In 1928 groundbreaking ceremonies for the new maternity home were held on June 28 In 1929 the home moved on March 26 to a new larger building with 50 beds in twenty two private rooms four 2 bedrooms and two wards located on the southeast corner of Punahou and Bingham streets and expanded its functions to include non infectious gynecological problems The original Whitney home was converted to a nurses home In 1931 its name was changed to the Kapiʻolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital In 1939 after purchasing the adjacent Spalding property south of the hospital on Punahou Street the Spalding home was converted into a nurses home named the Kekaulike Nurses Home In 1945 the hospital at 1611 Bingham Street finished construction of the two story Ewa wing that doubled its capacity to 110 beds In 1957 the hospital completed a new and enlarged nursery In 1961 former president Barack Obama was born in the hospital on August 4 7 8 9 10 11 In 1966 the hospital completed a new four story Lani Ward Booth wing on Punahou Street with the top two floors left as shells capacity remained at 110 beds In 1970 the hospital finished the fourth floor of the Lani Booth wing on Punahou Street capacity increased to 138 beds In 1971 its name was changed to Kapiʻolani Hospital In 1974 the hospital began a major rebuilding project adding an eleven story hospital and medical office tower on the southeast corner of Punahou and Bingham Streets a three story building and a parking structure for a combined Kapiʻolani Children s Medical Center In 1976 the new tower was dedicated and Kapiʻolani patients were moved to its second and fourth floors In 1977 a section of the original 1929 building was torn down and tiles from its roof were sold to commemorate the 145 000 babies born under it from 1929 to 1977 Kauikeolani Children s Hospital edit In 1908 Albert Spencer Wilcox 1844 1919 gave 55 000 and other private subscribers gave an additional 50 000 to buy several acres of land and erect a two story comparatively small homelike children s hospital with preference given to Hawaiian children at 226 N Kuakini Street named after Wilcox s wife Emma Kauikeolani Napoliean Mahelona 1862 1931 A maternity service was soon after added to the hospital In 1929 the maternity service at the hospital was discontinued In 1950 a new modern two story hospital building with a capacity of 100 beds replaced the original building In 1953 the Rehabilitation Center of Hawaii was established by the Kauikeolani Children s Hospital Foundation In 1969 the rehabilitation center was renamed the Pacific Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine In 1975 the rehabilitation center separated from Kauikeolani Children s Hospital to become the independent Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific which expanded into the 1950 Kauikeolani Children s Hospital building after the latter relocated to Kapiʻolani Children s Medical Center on September 15 1978 Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children edit In 1976 Kapiʻolani Hospital and Kauikeolani Children s Hospital began a protracted decade long merger In 1978 Kauikeolani Children s Hospital moved into the new eleven story 226 bed 108 bassinet Kapiʻolani Children s Medical Center tower located at 1319 Punahou Street on the southeast corner of Punahou and Bingham streets initially with separate entrances for the pediatricians on Bingham Street and the obstetricians on Punahou Street In 1984 the medical staff and board of directors of the two former hospitals were merged In 1986 the two former hospitals formally completed their merger In 1989 Kapiʻolani purchased for 76 million the new 116 bed Pali Momi Medical Center in Aiea built by Health Care International six months after it opened In 2001 Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children and Kapiʻolani Medical Center at Pali Momi in Aiea merged with Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihue on the Hawaiian island of Kauai founded in 1938 and the Straub Clinic amp Hospital founded in 1921 on King Street under a new parent company Hawaii Pacific Health References editSources edit 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 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 March 8 2010 Retrieved April 28 2011 Footnotes edit What is a NICU What is a PICU Hawaii Pacific Health Retrieved 2020 12 02 Kapiolani Patients amp Visitors Diamond Head Tower www hawaiipacifichealth org Retrieved 2021 08 31 Nellist George F ed 1925 Albert Spencer Wilcox The story of Hawaii and its builders Honolulu Honolulu Star Bulletin Retrieved September 26 2010 100 years of caring for children Honolulu Kapiolani Health Foundation 2009 Retrieved June 22 2009 Kessing Alice August 19 2009 Queen Kapi olani s living gift to island keiki MidWeek Honolulu Archived from the original on April 30 2011 Retrieved October 1 2009 Hawaii Pacific Health August 26 2009 Kapi olani Hospital s 100 years over 1 million lives celebration Honolulu KGMB Retrieved October 1 2009 permanent dead link 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 Serafin Peter March 21 2004 Punahou grad stirs up Illinois politics Honolulu Star Bulletin Retrieved June 28 2009 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 Kapi olani Health Foundation The Centennial Dinner January 24 2009 Honolulu Kapiolani Health Foundation January 24 2009 Retrieved June 22 2009 Nakaso Dan December 22 2008 Twin sisters Obama on parallel paths for years The Honolulu Advertiser p B1 Retrieved March 1 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children 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