Kona Community Hospital News
KCH Celebrates the Holiday Season
December has been a busy and festive month at Kona Community Hospital.
Santa paid a visit to KCH on Friday, December 13 spreading cheer and candy canes throughout the facility. Employees and patients reacted with delight and surprise when they spotted the jolly, red-clad man. Click here to view Santa’s visit.
New Metabolic and Bariatric Program in Kona
Kona Community Hospital & Ali`i Health Center Collaborate on Weight Loss Solutions
Kona Community Hospital is pleased to announce the recent opening of the Kona Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center. The center is a collaboration with Ali`i Health Center and is offering a
KCH Medical Van Receives AED Donation
Kona Hospital Foundation was presented with a new automated external defibrillator (AED) by Physio Control on Thursday, September 19th at the Family Support Service Early Child Center in Kealakekua. The AED will be dedicated to the Kona Community Hospital medical van, which services Hawaii Island’s rural, medically underserved Ka`u District.
Kona Hospital Foundation Receives $40,000 in grants from American Savings Bank and Hawaii Electric Light
Kona Hospital Foundation recently received a grant of $20,000 from American Savings Bank (ASB) and another $20,000 grant from Hawaii Electric Light Company. The grants will fund the purchase of two baby warmers to enhance newborn care at Kona Community Hospital (KCH).
On May 28, representatives from Hawaii Electric Light Company presented Kona Hospital Foundation board members with a $20,000 grant for the
Kona Community Hospital Enters Agreement with Sound Physicians for Hospitalist Services
Kona Community Hospital has entered into an agreement with Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery. Sound Physicians began providing hospitalist services on May 29, 2013.
Sound Physicians will provide comprehensive hospitalist services to the 94-bed hospital, which includes
KCH Staff Participate in Lavaman Waikoloa
Kona Community Hospital staff turned out in force to support the 16th annual Lavaman Waikoloa Expo and Triathlon, which was held from March 22—24. The Waikoloa swim, run, bike event attracted more than 1400 entrants, some participating on three-person relay teams, others going solo for all three legs.
At the Friday and Saturday Lavaman Expo, volunteers at KCH’s Expo booth took blood pressure readings, resting pulse rates and oxygen saturation levels of
Kona Community Hospital Activates Rotor Program
Kona Community Hospital (KCH) welcomed a new emergency medical rotor coptor as it made its maiden landing on the hospital’s helipad on Thursday, February 14. The Hawaii Life Flight (HLF) crew manning the rotor copter was greeted by KCH administration as well as members of the KCH trauma team, emergency and security departments.
Hospital Foundation Receives Donation from Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation
On Friday, January 25, The Kona Hospital Foundation received a generous donation from the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation. The donation check in the amount of $1000 was presented by Christian Tremaine, who was diagnosed with hydrocephalus shortly after his birth at Kona Community Hospital (KCH), and will be earmarked for the hospital’s obstetrics department.
Christain’s mother, Shaurell Tremain says that he was born prematurely at 6 months and weighed less than three pounds. He was transferred quickly from KCH to Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children where he was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a lifelong condition that causes fluid to accumulate on the brain.