Doctors at Hutcheson Medical Center will stop delivering babies Tuesday.
The hospital’s board of directors voted Wednesday to end the service because it cost too much money. The hospital’s leaders had previously suspended services in 2013, but they voted to re-open the Women’s Center and Labor and Delivery Services last December, hoping they could bring more patients to the hospital.
Not enough people came to Hutcheson to give birth to their children this year.
“We value the profound role we have played for decades in ushering new life into our local community,” Chief Nursing Officer Sandra Siniard said in a news release. “This is a necessary step that will provide cost-saving measures.”
The hospital’s leaders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November, when the hospital faced $80 million in liabilities. Since then, the hospital has added an extra $5 million in debt.