Coffey County Hospital cuts OB services

Coffey County Hospital will end its obstetrics care, effective June 30. Coffey Health Systems trustees noted their labor and delivery services incurred a $1.3 million loss in 2024.
Coffey County Hospital Photo by Coffey Health Systems
by Iola Register Staff
Published: April 14, 2025
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Coffey County Hospital will end its obstetrics care, effective June 30. Coffey Health Systems trustees noted their labor and delivery services incurred a $1.3 million loss in 2024.

BURLINGTON — The Coffey Health System Board of Trustees has voted to cease obstetrics care at Coffey County Hospital, according to a report from the health system’s marketing department published in the Coffey County Republican.

Labor and delivery services incurred a $1.3 million annual loss for the health system in 2024, the report noted. In the last five years, the hospital averaged 65 births per year. Projections for 2025 are less than half that.

The change aggravates a growing maternity desert in southeast Kansas. Only Neosho, Labette, Montgomery and Crawford counties have hospitals with obstetrics services. 

Iola Register Staff

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