Kau Hospital

Details

Name :

Kau Hospital

Address  :

1 Kamani Street

Town  :

Pahala

State  :

Hawaii

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

96777

Phone  :

808 928 2050

Fax  :

808 928 8980

Web URL  :

Email  :


Description

Kau Hospital and Rural Health Clinic is a 21 bed critical access hospital providing both acute and long term care including 24 hour emergency services and a Family Practice medical clinic


History

Kau Hospital in Pahala is a 21bed facility of primarily skilled nursing and intermediate care beds and 5 acute beds Replacing a former plantation hospital the current hospital was built in 1971 to serve the needs of this vast rural area located approximately 25 miles beyond Volcanoes National Park Headquarters Kau Hospital became a CAH Critical Access Hospital July 2001 We employ a staff of 33 with services that include
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