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Quick Facts About Kaweah Delta:

• 400 Open-Heart Procedures Each Year

• 4,200 Cath Procedures Each Year

• 4,000 Babies Delivered Each Year

• 60,000 Treated In Our Emergency Department Each Year

• 3,200 People Employeed by the District

• 400,000 People In Our Regional Population


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Emergency Department

The Emergency Department at Kaweah Delta Hospital serves more than 62,000 patients each year, making it one of the busiest emergency care facilities in California. We are equipped to treat anything from broken bones, sprains or more serious situations like heart attacks or strokes.

The department is staffed with physicians, PAs, and FNPs trained in emergency medicine, specially trained nurses and support staff to ensure that each patient receives high-quality appropriate care. Patients come to our Emergency Department from throughout Tulare and Kings counties because we offer the most technically advanced services, training and equipment in the area.

The physicians who staff the Emergency Department at Kaweah Delta are all members of California Emergency Physicians Medical Group (CEP America). CEP America (www.cep.com) is the largest provider of physician staffing and comprehensive management services for Emergency Departments in the state of California. According to a recent survey of hospital administrators done by Modern Healthcare, CEP America was the most preferred emergency physician medical group in California. Founded by career emergency physicians in 1975, CEP America is dedicated to providing the best in physician management and emergency medical care for the patients treated in our client hospitals. With 60 Emergency Departments and 19 hospital based or free standing ambulatory care centers, CEP America provides emergency and unscheduled care to over 2.3 million patients annually in California.

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