The Queen's Medical Center

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The Queen Medical Center , originally named and still commonly referred to as Queen's Hospital , is the largest nonprofit private hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. The institute was founded in 1859 by Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV, and is located in Downtown Honolulu.

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Queen's is Hawaii's largest private hospital, licensed to operate with 505 acute care beds and 28 sub-acute beds. With 3,600 employees - including 1,160 nurses and more than 1,100 staff physicians - this is also one of the largest employer countries in Hawaii. It is a Level I trauma center and the only designated trauma center in the state of Hawaii, and the first Level I in the Pacific. Located in downtown Honolulu , southwest of Interstate H-1.

As a leading medical referral center in the Pacific Basin, Queen is widely known for its programs in cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, trauma, behavioral treatment and women's health. Queen's offers a wide range of comprehensive specializations, including gastroenterology, genetics, geriatrics, gynecology, neonatology, obstetrics, psychiatry, pulmonology, and radiology. It is one of the few hospitals in the state with 24-hour emergency psychiatric consultation services and busy but powerful consulting services. Kekela is an adult inpatient psychiatric unit with 20 adult beds, and Family Care Center is a child psychiatric and adolescent psychiatric and adolescent unit that supports acute beds and living quarters with up to 20 patients at a time. Queen's is the only Level I trauma center in Hawaii verified by the American College of Surgeons. Queen's Medical Center serves as the premier educational hospital for most residency programs sponsored by the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine. It also serves as one of the clinical training venues for medical students who complete their clinical, choice, and third-year apprenticeship.

Queen's is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and affiliated with Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA). The medical center is also approved to participate in residency training by the Board of Accreditation for Doctoral Education Postgraduate.

In 2009, the Queen Medical Center achieved Magnet status from the American Nurses Compliance Center. The introduction of magnets is held by six percent of hospitals in the United States. Queen's is the first hospital in Hawai'i to gain Magnet status.

Queen's Medical Center is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit corporation.

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History

In King Kamehameha IV's initial address to the legislature in January 1855, the King proposed creating a hospital for the people of Hawaii. At that time, the continued existence of the Hawaiian race was seriously threatened by the entry of illness brought to the island by foreign visitors. The epidemic of smallpox in 1853 has killed thousands of dwindling populations. French-American physician Charles Guillou proposed the construction of a public hospital in April 1858. When Emma's adoptive father, Dr. Thomas Rooke died in 1858, all his equipment was donated to hospital efforts. In January 1859, committees Robert Crichton Wyllie (former doctor) and David L Gregg were formed to plan hospitals investigating funding. Queen Emma enthusiastically supports the dream of the hospital, and both campaign to make it happen. They personally go from house to house asking for the necessary funds. The royal couple exceeded their goal in just one month, raising $ 13,530. In turn, the Legislature uses $ 6,000. The first hospital physician was William Hillebrand, who served until 1871.

Site selected in 1860 is an area called Manamana owned by Caesar Kapa ? akea, patriarch House of Kal? You a. Architects Theodore Heuck was chosen for the first building. The name was changed to The Queen's Medical Center in 1967.

The hospital was featured in two episodes of the television series Trauma: Life in the ER .