Wilcox Health
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Wilcox Health is part of Hawaii Pacific Health
's network. One of Kauai island
's two hospitals, Wilcox Memorial Hospital provides Kauai residents with an imaging center, emergency room, and surgical center.
and Dora Isenberg were among the first to envision a community hospital with a staff open to all eligible physicians on Kauai. This was achieved on November 1, 1938, with the official dedication of a T-shaped two-story building on 17 acres (68,796.6 m²) of land donated by the Lihue Plantation. It was built at a cost of $200,000. More than 1,000 Kauai residents attended the ceremony and 15 days later the new 86-bed hospital accepted its first patients.
Periodic expansion programs continued over the years. The first expansion took place from 1955 to 1958 with the addition of a kitchen, an obstetrical wing, medical library, conference room and additional space for laboratory and X-ray departments. Another milestone was reached in 1966 with the advent of the Outpatient Department built adjacent to the main hospital. Plantation dispensaries were phased out at this time and the eastside physicians began practice in the modern and attractive facilities later forming the Kauai Medical Group Inc.
The third expansion was completed in August 1971 and resulted in the present $4.2 million Acute Patient Care Tower and Special Diagnostic and Treatment Facility. The air-conditioned addition was the culmination of four years of planning and research. A new laboratory and physical therapy building opened in 1977.
Since then, remodeling and renovation has been ongoing to accommodate the hospital's many new services and programs, which includes an Intensive Care Unit, Coronary Care Unit and a CT and MRI facility in the Imaging Department, which was renovated and expanded to include more exam space and updated equipment. In 2005, the department was named the Wilcox Family Imaging Center for the Wilcox Family on Kauai .
Hawaii Pacific Health
Hawai‘i Pacific Health is a Honolulu-based nonprofit health care system that is the largest health care provider in the state of Hawai‘i. It operates four hospitals, 49 outpatient clinics and service sites, and has more than 1,300 affiliated physicians....
's network. One of Kauai island
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
's two hospitals, Wilcox Memorial Hospital provides Kauai residents with an imaging center, emergency room, and surgical center.
History
George Norton WilcoxGeorge Norton Wilcox
George Norton Wilcox was a businessman and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii and Territory of Hawaii.-Life:George Norton Wilcox was born in Hilo August 15, 1839.His father was Abner Wilcox and mother was Lucy Eliza Hart...
and Dora Isenberg were among the first to envision a community hospital with a staff open to all eligible physicians on Kauai. This was achieved on November 1, 1938, with the official dedication of a T-shaped two-story building on 17 acres (68,796.6 m²) of land donated by the Lihue Plantation. It was built at a cost of $200,000. More than 1,000 Kauai residents attended the ceremony and 15 days later the new 86-bed hospital accepted its first patients.
Periodic expansion programs continued over the years. The first expansion took place from 1955 to 1958 with the addition of a kitchen, an obstetrical wing, medical library, conference room and additional space for laboratory and X-ray departments. Another milestone was reached in 1966 with the advent of the Outpatient Department built adjacent to the main hospital. Plantation dispensaries were phased out at this time and the eastside physicians began practice in the modern and attractive facilities later forming the Kauai Medical Group Inc.
The third expansion was completed in August 1971 and resulted in the present $4.2 million Acute Patient Care Tower and Special Diagnostic and Treatment Facility. The air-conditioned addition was the culmination of four years of planning and research. A new laboratory and physical therapy building opened in 1977.
Since then, remodeling and renovation has been ongoing to accommodate the hospital's many new services and programs, which includes an Intensive Care Unit, Coronary Care Unit and a CT and MRI facility in the Imaging Department, which was renovated and expanded to include more exam space and updated equipment. In 2005, the department was named the Wilcox Family Imaging Center for the Wilcox Family on Kauai .