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Number of employees. 540 [1] Website. www.wcchc.com. The Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC), founded in 1972, is a community health center serving the healthcare needs of the Wai‘anae Coast on the west side of O‘ahu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. When it was first established, WCCHC had one doctor and five staff members.
Queen's is the largest private hospital in Hawaiʻi, licensed to operate with 575 acute care beds. With 3,600 employees—including 1,160 nurses and over 1,100 physicians on staff—it is also one of the state of Hawaiʻi's largest employers. [1]
The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) is a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent medical insurance providers. A nonprofit, mutual benefit association founded in 1938, HMSA covers more than half of the state’s population. HMSA’s headquarters are located at the HMSA Center, 818 Keeaumoku ...
Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) is a major United States Department of Defense medical facility administered by the United States Army in the state of Hawaii.It is the tertiary care hospital in the Pacific Rim, serving local active and retired military personnel along with residents of nine U.S. jurisdictions and forces deployed in more than 40 other countries in the region. [1]
Dr. Straub was educated in Germany and came to practice in Hawaii in 1907. [2] In 1910, he conceived the idea of forming a group of physicians to provide better, more specialized care for his patients. It, however, took over 10 years to bring this idea to fruition. The first step in 1912 was the construction of a wood-frame building at 410 ...
Apr. 4—Waimanalo Gulch Landfill, which opened in 1989, was originally slated to close eight years later, by 1997. The city now says the 200-acre dump is scheduled to close by 2028. The Honolulu ...
St. Francis Hospice is an end-of-life care provider in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1978, it was the first hospice provider in the state, [1] [2] and is part of the St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii. [3] The hospice currently provides end-of-life care for terminally ill patients at home and in its dedicated 12-bed facility at the Sister ...
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the US military occupied the hospital during World War II and renamed it Kuakini Medical Center, after the street. [2] The street was in turn named for John Adams Kuakini (1791–1844) who was acting Governor of Oahu in the 1830s. [3] In 1945 the hospital returned to civil control.