John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital | |
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Tenet Healthcare | |
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Geography | |
Location | Indio, California, United States |
Organization | |
Funding | For-profit hospital |
Services | |
Beds | 145 |
History | |
Opened | 1966 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
Lists | Hospitals in California |
John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital is a Tenet Healthcare owned hospital in Indio, California, United States.
It is a General Acute Care Hospital in Indio with Basic Emergency Services as of 2006. [1] One of three hospitals in the Coachella Valley, it has one of the state's busiest maternity wards.[ citation needed] In 2005, it opened a new maternity center as part of a hospital expansion plan for more surgical rooms, intensive care units and a new concrete emergency heliport. As of 2008, the hospital is a 145-bed capacity facility. [2] [3]
The facility originally opened as "Indio Community Hospital" in 1966, with 112 beds, built on land previously owned by founder Dr. Reynaldo Carreon (the namesake for Dr. Carreon Boulevard). [4] [5] In 1975, the hospital was purchased from American Medicorp, a national health care chain, by the owners of Valley Memorial Hospital also in Indio. Valley Memorial was originally known as Casita Hospital (until it was renamed in mid-1964) and had opened in the late 1940s. [6] [7] [8]
Tenet (then known as National Medical Enterprises) purchased the hospital in June 1979. [9] [10] [11] which was renamed John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in 1984. [6]
John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital | |
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Tenet Healthcare | |
| |
Geography | |
Location | Indio, California, United States |
Organization | |
Funding | For-profit hospital |
Services | |
Beds | 145 |
History | |
Opened | 1966 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
Lists | Hospitals in California |
John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital is a Tenet Healthcare owned hospital in Indio, California, United States.
It is a General Acute Care Hospital in Indio with Basic Emergency Services as of 2006. [1] One of three hospitals in the Coachella Valley, it has one of the state's busiest maternity wards.[ citation needed] In 2005, it opened a new maternity center as part of a hospital expansion plan for more surgical rooms, intensive care units and a new concrete emergency heliport. As of 2008, the hospital is a 145-bed capacity facility. [2] [3]
The facility originally opened as "Indio Community Hospital" in 1966, with 112 beds, built on land previously owned by founder Dr. Reynaldo Carreon (the namesake for Dr. Carreon Boulevard). [4] [5] In 1975, the hospital was purchased from American Medicorp, a national health care chain, by the owners of Valley Memorial Hospital also in Indio. Valley Memorial was originally known as Casita Hospital (until it was renamed in mid-1964) and had opened in the late 1940s. [6] [7] [8]
Tenet (then known as National Medical Enterprises) purchased the hospital in June 1979. [9] [10] [11] which was renamed John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in 1984. [6]