Update – Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center Consolidation with Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center now set for June 30, 2018

KENNETT, Mo., May 3, 2018 – Hospital leaders today provided an update on the plans to consolidate operations of Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center with Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center this summer. A new transition date of June 30, 2018 has been set based on availability of physicians to staff the hospital and emergency room.

The Kennett hospital will no longer offer inpatient, emergency room or hospital-based outpatient services after 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2018.

Childbirth Services
The hospital has also received notice that it will no longer have obstetric/gynecologic physician coverage after May 17. This means the hospital will no longer provide planned, inpatient childbirth services after May 17, 2018. Calls to affected OB/GYN patients are beginning today to help them transfer their care to another obstetrician and Poplar Bluff Medical Center for delivery.

Patients who are experiencing a medical emergency, childbirth-related or otherwise, can continue coming to the Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center ER for services while it remains open. The experienced team is trained to provide emergency medical care and, if needed, can arrange for transfer to a higher level of care.

Ongoing Services
More than 95% of patients cared for at the hospital and clinic last year received outpatient care. Planning is still in process to continue access in Kennett for quality primary care and select outpatient diagnostic imaging and lab services.

Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center cares for patients who require more advanced clinical services and has capacity to support the medical needs of patients from Kennett. The modern, 460-bed hospital provides southeastern Missouri with a broad range of services, including inpatient, childbirth, surgical, emergency medical and behavioral healthcare.

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