Kern County Hospital Authority

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Kern County Hospital Authority is a public hospital authority in Bakersfield, California. The official Kern Medical site states the authority was created to operate Kern Medical, and that the county transferred ownership, maintenance, control, management and operation of the health facilities to it. The site describes Kern Medical as a highly specialised tertiary referral centre, an academic teaching institution and a safety net hospital. It says the authority is a public entity whose sole purpose is to operate a hospital, clinics and provide health care services to the entire community, run by an independent Board of Governors.