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Bethany Medical Center to be Outpatient-Only

KANSAS CITY, KS-Sisters of Charity officials estimate losses from the full-service hospital this year to be about $10 million. They will have about 440,000 sf of space available for lease in July.

By Judie Burkhalter | Updated on April 11, 2001

KANSAS CITY, KS-Bethany Medical Center, the only full-service hospital in this city’s core, is being turned into a outpatient-only facility. Hospital officials will direct emergency patients and overnight stay patients to Providence Medical Center.

Sisters of Charity, which operates the hospital, have said the hospital will lose about $10 million this year. The outpatient center is expected to lose money also — to the tune of $2.5 million the first year. While it is licensed for 415 patients, the acute-care daily average at Bethany is usually between 40 to 50.

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