Memorial Hospital: Memorial Hospital to close pediatric beds

Memorial Hospital in Belleville is seeking approval from the state of Illinois to discontinue its pediatric beds, following the lead of other Metro East hospitals that also have stopped providing inpatient pediatric care in the past year. In its filing with the Illinois Health Facilities Services Review Board, Memorial said it wants to discontinue its 14-bed pediatrics unit due to low patient admissions and industry trends toward outpatient services in pediatrics and the use of children's hospitals...