Hilo Medical Center (HMC) is the largest facility in the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. Established in 1897, HMC has grown from a 10-bed hospital, erected by the Hawaiian Government, to the present facility of 164-acute licensed beds including a 108-bed licensed extended-care facility, a 20-bed psychiatric unit (the only such unit on the Island of Hawaii), and an accredited home care agency. Built in 1984, next to the old hospital, the new facility sits on roughly 20.5 acres of land, adjacent to the picturesque Wailuku River. Also on the campus is the St. Francis Dialysis Center, the Hawaii Radiologic Associates Women's Imaging Center, and the medical center's Hawaii Pacific Oncology Center. Today, HMC is the largest employer in Hilo, with over 800 employees.
Location:
1190 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo Hawaii 96720
Telephone
808-974-4700
(Honokaa) Hale Ho'ola Hamakua
(Hilo) Hilo Medical Center
(Kealakekua) Kona Community Hospital
(Kamuela) North Hawaii Community Hospital
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01/11 Coming to The Hilo area
Annual Maui Steel Guitar Festival Maui HI April19-21 Featured performers will also conduct on-site school visits to various Maui schools to educate and and inform Maui's youth about the Hawaiian steel guitar. These visits, targeted specifically for students of these schools, includes both educational sessions and entertainment by the visiting performers.
Maui Classical Music Festival Maui HI May10 Over the years the Festival has received extensive coverage in national newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the New York Times, the Hawaii newspapers, and travel and airline magazines. Feature articles written about the Festival have appeared in important musical publications such as Musical America, Chamber Music America, and American Record Guide.
Merrie Monarch Festival Hilo HI June7-9 Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long cultural event held annually in Hilo on the island of Hawaii. Festivities start on Easter Sunday and culminate with the Hula competition events at the Edith Kanaka'ole Tennis Stadium - Miss Aloha Hula on Thursday, Hula Kahiko on Friday, and Hula 'Auana on Saturday.
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival Maui HI June23 Various artists, food, crafts, Guitar exhibitor, and more.
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