NICU Closes As Kansas City Confronts Population Decline

TKC has never "slipped one past the goalie" and the world is a better place because of it. 

Meanwhile . . . 

The US is confronting a dramatic change in standard of living and demographics as immigration drops and fewer people are having kids.  

The local angle . . . 

"Research Medical Center, located at Meyer Boulevard and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, announced Wednesday it will stop providing labor and delivery and NICU services as of Sept. 8, 2025.

"The hospital cited an over 80% decrease in the community’s use of those services at Research over the last several years."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Research Medical Center will end NICU, labor and delivery services in September

Research Medical Center, located at Meyer Boulevard and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, announced it will stop providing labor and delivery and NICU services as of Sept. 8.

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