Emergency vet access in Hawaii
Of 111 listed veterinary practices in Hawaii,2 post verified around-the-clock hours across 2 cities, and 1 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 3 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-27. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in Hawaii
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Emergency + Referral Center | Honolulu | (808) 735-7735 | |
| VCA Family and Oahu Veterinary Specialty Center | Pearl City | (808) 484-9070 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among Hawaii towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- Hilo — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency + Referral Center in Honolulu, 213 mi straight-line (roughly a 4 hr 15 min drive)
- Kihei — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency + Referral Center in Honolulu, 97 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 57 min drive)
- Kailua — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency + Referral Center in Honolulu, 11 mi straight-line (roughly a 20 min drive)
- Kaneohe — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency + Referral Center in Honolulu, 8 mi straight-line (roughly a 14 min drive)
- Mililani Town — nearest 24/7 hospital is VCA Family and Oahu Veterinary Specialty Center in Pearl City, 6 mi straight-line (roughly a 11 min drive)
- Waipahu — nearest 24/7 hospital is VCA Family and Oahu Veterinary Specialty Center in Pearl City, 3 mi straight-line (roughly a 10 min drive)
Methodology & honest limits
"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.
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