John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital Explained
| John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital |
| Org/Group: | Tenet Healthcare |
| Region: | Indio |
| State: | California |
| Country: | US |
| Funding: | for profit |
| Beds: | 145 |
| Founded: | 1966 |
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. 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]
Tenet (then known as National Medical Enterprises) purchased the hospital in June 1979.[8] [9] [10] which was renamed John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in 1984.[11]
External links
Notes and References
- California Department of Health Services
- (1 January 2008). Tenet Healthcare finishes up deal, The Desert Sun
- (27 June 2008). Daniel Bowers Named CEO at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Business Wire
- http://www.jfkmemorialhosp.com/en-US/aboutUs/Pages/General%20Facts.aspx General Facts: JFK Memorial Hospital
- Porter . Priscilla H. . Reynaldo J. Carreon, Jr., O.D., D.O., M.D., 1900–1991 . The Riverside County Chronicles . Fall 2014 . 11 . 25–30 . Riverside County Historical Commission; Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District. 978-1986311205.
- (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.")
- (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.")
- (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 ...")
- https://books.google.com/books?id=rxdtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22indio+community%22+1979 Nursing career directory
- (13 November 2002). JFK Memorial Hospital names CEO, The Desert Sun ("Tenet has owned and operated John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital since 1979")
- Laflin, Patricia Baker. Images of America: Indio, pp. 51–53 (2008)
