John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Tenet Healthcare
Map
Geography
LocationIndio, California, United States
Organization
FundingFor-profit hospital
Services
Beds145
History
Opened1966
Links
Websitewww.jfkmemorialhosp.com/en-US/Pages/default.aspx
ListsHospitals in California

John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital is a Tenet Healthcare owned hospital in Indio, California, United States.

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]

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. ^ a b 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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