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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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Cancer Center

Heart Center

Men's Health

Orthopaedic Center

Pregnancy, Birth, and Baby Center

Women's Center

Women's Health

Library & Health Information

Looking for more information about what ails you?

There are many resources for health information for patients and their families available on the Internet. Here are a few examples that may be useful:

Nemours Foundation
National Library of Medicine Consumer Health
American Cancer Society
American Heart Assoc.
National Kidney Foundation
American Diabetes Assoc.
American Dietetic Assoc.
National Library of Medicine Consumer Health Spanish

The Medical Library located on the main hospital campus maintains a comprehensive collection of consumer health books, videos, newsletters, magazines, and pamphlets. We encourage our staff, and the medical staff to make use of this collection. The books and videos may be checked out at no charge. Pamphlets from such organizations as The American Cancer Society, The American Heart Association, the various National Institutes of Health, The StayWell Company, and many others are available.

The library is open Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. More than 3,600 volumes are housed in the library and we maintain 250 journal subscriptions. Many electronic databases are also available for patron use. For more information about the medical library at Kaweah Delta, please call (559) 624-2167.