ER Wait Times in Hawaii County Hospitals
Average wait times at hospital in Hawaii County show the time patients can expect to spend. Actual wait times will depend on many factors, such as severity of the injury, time of day, and staffing. Patients are quickly evaluated as part of a triage process, so the most severe cases can be treated first. Depending on the hospital, this initial wait can run from a few minutes to over an hour. The times below also include wait times for initial treatment, since there can be many delays after the triage process. Choose an ER with a shorter wait time to get seen more quickly.| Hospital - Share Your Experience | City |  Total Wait Times | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honokaa | 1h 4m | ||
| Kapaau | 1h 17m | ||
| Pahala | 1h 22m | ||
| Kamuela | 2h 22m | ||
| Hilo | 2h 52m | ||
| Kealakekua | 3h 4m |
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These are the average time from entering the ER to being admitted to the hospital by a doctor. In a busy ER, patients will be seen by a triage nurse first. Then the wait time will vary by severity, and how busy the ER is at the time of day. Patients with less serious problems could have substantially longer waits.
There is a 120 minute wait difference between the fastest ER in Hawaii and the slowest.
Stories
Jan 01, 2024, 9:11 PM
Kona Community Hospital: "I am writing to comment on the treatment my 41 year old son received from Dr. Hill on 8/10/2023 at 8:00 AM Hawaii time. John was brought in by ambulance, John coded from a suspected PE (he was 10 days postoperative from elective cosmetic surgery) John was intubated in the ambulance and received cpr from the moment he coded. There was no attempt in the emergency department to break-up or remove the clot for 15 minutes after Johns arrived in the emergency room. John was given a single 40mg dose of streptokinase 15 minutes after arriving in the ER with a suspected PE. Dr Hill called time of death, after no effort to remove John’s suspected PE and after less than 30 minutes. The only other thing Dr. Hill noted as giving John narcan, even though he was advised there was no reason to suspect overdose. My 41 year old son didn’t just die unnecessarily in that emergency room, his right to privacy and my own right to privacy were violated when the hospital gave John’s wallet and phone to a stranger who walked in after John died. That woman, who hospital staff didn’t bother to get a name or phone number for or bother to even log into the hospital record. That woman was a liar and a thief. Her and her friends were the ones to notify me of John’s death nearly 8 hours after John died, after they had broken into John’s phone and computer and stolen every penny he had. That is just the beginning of the wrongs done to my son and my family by Kona Community Hospital.
I will happily speak to anyone that would investigate my son’s death. John should not be dead, if he had received the care that he should have when he arrived at that hospital. The autopsy performed by the clinical lab attached to the hospital, a Dr. Wong was the doctor who performed the autopsy. It was only a partial autopsy, there were no stomach contents noted, the doctor didn’t find the origin of the clot, he said my son was HIV positive and John was not! The coroner said John had a tattoo on his right forearm, John does not! The coroner never noted the tattoo on the back of John’s neck or the surgical scar that should have been visible on John’s lower left back. John was a disabled Navy veteran and that place treated him worse than anyone should be treated. I would like to know exactly how many young men die in that emergency room from preventable illnesses? I would like to know how many of those people were patients of Dr. Shim Ching? John had insurance, a requirement from that plastic surgeon, before both of his surgeries with him. John’s oxygen levels dropped and the first surgery had to be stopped, but Shim Ching forged ahead with the now high risk 12 procedure surgery with no follow up after allowing John to fly back to Hawaii 2 days after his high risk procedure. I would like to know who collects the insurance money that Shim Chings office got on my son? Is it the Kona Community Hospital? Or Asia Pacific Plastic Surgery or maybe both?
Something is very wrong with what happened to my son and the police’s willingness to ignore the suspicious circumstances surrounding John’s death.
I truly hope I hear back from you.
Kim Levangie" - Kim
Jan 01, 2024, 11:31 AM
Kona Community Hospital: "I am writing to comment on the treatment my 41 year old son received from Dr. Hill on 8/10/2023 at 8:00 AM Hawaii time. John was brought in by ambulance, John coded from a suspected PE (he was 10 days postoperative from elective cosmetic surgery) John was intubated in the ambulance and received cpr from the moment he coded. There was no attempt in the emergency department to break-up or remove the clot for 15 minutes after Johns arrived in the emergency room. John was given a single 40mg dose of streptokinase 15 minutes after arriving in the ER with a suspected PE. Dr Hill called time of death, after no effort to remove John’s suspected PE and after less than 30 minutes. The only other thing Dr. Hill noted as giving John narcan, even though he was advised there was no reason to suspect overdose. My 41 year old son didn’t just die unnecessarily in that emergency room, his right to privacy and my own right to privacy were violated when the hospital gave John’s wallet and phone to a stranger who walked in after John died. That woman, who hospital staff didn’t bother to get a name or phone number for or bother to even log into the hospital record. That woman was a liar and a thief. Her and her friends were the ones to notify me of John’s death nearly 8 hours after John died, after they had broken into John’s phone and computer and stolen every penny he had. That is just the beginning of the wrongs done to my son and my family by Kona Community Hospital.
I will happily speak to anyone that would investigate my son’s death. John should not be dead, if he had received the care that he should have when he arrived at that hospital. The autopsy performed by the clinical lab attached to the hospital, a Dr. Wong was the doctor who performed the autopsy. It was only a partial autopsy, there were no stomach contents noted, the doctor didn’t find the origin of the clot, he said my son was HIV positive and John was not! The coroner said John had a tattoo on his right forearm, John does not! The coroner never noted the tattoo on the back of John’s neck or the surgical scar that should have been visible on John’s lower left back. John was a disabled Navy veteran and that place treated him worse than anyone should be treated. I would like to know exactly how many young men die in that emergency room from preventable illnesses? I would like to know how many of those people were patients of Dr. Shim Ching? John had insurance, a requirement from that plastic surgeon, before both of his surgeries with him. John’s oxygen levels dropped and the first surgery had to be stopped, but Shim Ching forged ahead with the now high risk 12 procedure surgery with no follow up after allowing John to fly back to Hawaii 2 days after his high risk procedure. I would like to know who collects the insurance money that Shim Chings office got on my son? Is it the Kona Community Hospital? Or Asia Pacific Plastic Surgery or maybe both?
Something is very wrong with what happened to my son and the police’s willingness to ignore the suspicious circumstances surrounding John’s death.
I truly hope I hear back from you.
Kim Levangie" - Kim
Jun 21, 2022, 11:52 PM
North Hawaii Community Hospital: "Worst Er I've ever been in. It took them 5.5 hours to have me discharged.
Hospitality was bad I checked in around 2:00 for my chest pain. they took my Vital signs then threw me in the waiting room (main lobby) I waited so long my body cured it self. My chest pain went away by the time doctor decide to see me,he said he can't detect anything if I'm not in pain. Got out around 7:30. Waste of time, I'm surprise no one died in the lobby when I was there. " - John
Jun 21, 2022, 11:51 PM
North Hawaii Community Hospital: "Worst Er I've ever been in. It took them 5.5 hours to have me discharged.
Hospitality was bad I checked in around 2:00 for my chest pain. they took my Vital signs then threw me in the waiting room (main lobby) I waited so long my body cured it self. My chest pain went away by the time doctor decide to see me,he said he can't detect anything if I'm not in pain. Got out around 7:30. Waste of time, I'm surprise no one died in the lobby when I was there. " - John
Jan 04, 2021, 12:57 AM
Pali Momi Medical Center: "I have used the ER many times at Pali Momi and have enjoyed my experience. Sometimes the wait time till you actually see the Doctor can be lengthy. But I attribute that to the fact that I am not the only patient they have to care for.
I have also been an inpatient in the hospital and have found everyone pleasant and helpful.
" - Ronald
