Kansas City, Mo.-based Research Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s HCA Midwest Health, will close its neonatal ICU and end labor and delivery services on Sept. 8., a spokesperson said in a July 10 statement shared with Becker’s.
“Research Medical Center regularly reviews the evolving needs of our community and adjusts services accordingly to ensure we are providing high-quality, compassionate patient care where it is needed most,” the statement said.
The review found that the 590-bed hospital has seen a more than 80% decrease in community use of both the NICU and labor and delivery services. Research Medical is reinvesting in areas that have seen an increased demand, including burn and organ transplant care, cardiology, emergency and trauma and neurosciences.
The hospital is working with local health centers and physicians to ensure obstetrics patients have been made aware of the change and have other delivery options available to them, the statement said.
