Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Hawaiʻi Pacific Health
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children (2021)
Geography
LocationHonolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Organization
Care systemCommunity, Specialist
TypeNon-profit
PatronQueen Kapiʻolani
NetworkHawaiʻi Pacific Health
Services
Emergency departmentLevel III Pediatric Trauma Center
Beds207
History
Founded1890
Links
Websitehttp://www.kapiolani.org
ListsHospitals in the United States

Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children is a Women's and Children's hospital, It is part of Hawaiʻi Pacific Health's network of hospitals. It is located in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi within the neighborhood of Mōʻiliʻili. Kapiʻolani Medical Center is Hawaiʻi's only children's hospital with a team of physicians and nurses and specialized technology trained specifically to care for children, from infants to young adults. It is the state's only 24-hour pediatric emergency department, pediatric intensive care unit and adolescent unit. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Hawaii.

The facility was founded by Queen Kapiʻolani as the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home in 1890 for which she held bazaars and lūʻaus to raise the $8,000 needed to start the hospital. It has since changed its name several times. Kauikeōlani Children's Hospital opened in 1909 named for Emma Kauikeōlani Napoleon Mahelona (1862–1931), the wife of Albert Spencer Wilcox (1844–1919). In 1978, it merged with Kapiʻolani Hospital to become Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children.