John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital

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John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Tenet Healthcare
John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Geography
Location Indio, California, United States
Organization
Funding For-profit hospital
Services
Beds145
History
Opened1966
Links
Website www.jfkmemorialhosp.com/en-US/Pages/default.aspx
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John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital is a Tenet Healthcare owned hospital in Indio, California, United States.

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General

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]

History

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]

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References

  1. California Department of Health Services
  2. (1 January 2008). Tenet Healthcare finishes up deal, The Desert Sun
  3. (27 June 2008). Daniel Bowers Named CEO at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Business Wire
  4. General Facts: JFK Memorial Hospital, Retrieved October 24, 2011
  5. Porter, Priscilla H. (Fall 2014). "Reynaldo J. Carreon, Jr., O.D., D.O., M.D., 1900–1991". The Riverside County Chronicles. Riverside County Historical Commission; Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District (11): 25–30. ISBN   978-1986311205.
  6. 1 2 Laflin, Patricia Baker. Images of America: Indio, pp. 51–53 (2008)
  7. (8 June 1975). Hospitals Merge, Los Angeles Times ("the partnership of doctors which owns Valley Memorial Hospital has announced purchase of the 112-bed Indio Community Hospital for an undisclosed price.")
  8. (14 September 1964). Southland: Indio Hospital Receives Eisenhower Lithographs, Los Angeles Times ("The former President was an outpatient at Valley Memorial (formerly Casita Hospital) last winter.")
  9. (11 May 1979). National Medical Acquisition, The Wall Street Journal ("National Medical Enterprises Inc. said it agreed to acquire Indio Community Hospital, a 112-bed acute-care facility ...")
  10. Nursing career directory, p. 366 (1979) ("Indio Community Hospital is a 112-bed facility that was purchased by National Medical Enterprises in June 1979. Expansion of the facility and its bed capacity was begun in May, 1980 ...")
  11. (13 November 2002). JFK Memorial Hospital names CEO, The Desert Sun ("Tenet has owned and operated John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital since 1979")

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