#Emergency Department
Kona Community Hospital to seek funding from Hawai‘i Legislature for emergency department expansion
With lawmakers convening Jan. 15 for their 2025 session, Kona Community Hospital administration will speak with lawmakers about securing $13.2 million to ensure patients are seen more quickly.
Big Island’s hospitals in Kona and Hilo dealing with overcapacity; what can be done?
Being at overcapacity is a problem routinely experienced at Kona Community Hospital — and also at the Big Island’s other primary hospital, Hilo Medical Center, according to spokespersons for each medical facility.
KCH Nears Patient Capacity; Forced to Set Up Blu-Med Tent Outside Emergency Department
Kona Community Hospital administrators decided Wednesday, July 20, to deploy its Blu-Med tent outside the Emergency Department to triage incoming patients as the facility exceeds capacity.
HMC Emergency Department Reports Longer Than Usual Wait Times for People Seeking Medical Care
Hilo Medical Center continues to be full with COVID and non-COVID patients, officials reported Tuesday, Jan. 25.
Overnight Spike in COVID Cases Prompts ‘No Visitor’ Policy to HMC Emergency Department
Hilo Medical Center will be re-enforcing visitor restriction policies in its emergency department due to the rise in daily COVID-19 cases
KCH to Reinstate Visitor Restrictions in Emergency Department
Kona Community Hospital is reinstituting visitor restrictions to its emergency department due to the rise in COVID-19 positive patients seeking treatment at the facility.
