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.California Department of Health Services 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.(1 January 2008). , The Desert Sun(27 June 2008). Daniel Bowers Named CEO at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Business Wire
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).General Facts: JFK Memorial Hospital, Retrieved October 24, 2011 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.(8 June 1975). , 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). , Los Angeles Times ("The former President was an outpatient at Valley Memorial (formerly Casita Hospital) last winter.")
Tenet Healthcare (then known as National Medical Enterprises) purchased the hospital in June 1979.(11 May 1979). , The Wall Street Journal ("National Medical Enterprises Inc. said it agreed to acquire Indio Community Hospital, a 112-bed acute-care facility ...")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 ...")(13 November 2002). , The Desert Sun ("Tenet has owned and operated John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital since 1979") which was renamed John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in 1984.Laflin, Patricia Baker. Images of America: Indio, pp. 51–53 (2008)
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External links Official website Hospital profile - California Health and Human Services Agency - Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development OSHPD