Sad news for workers at St. Luke's Hospital in Des Peres. They just got word Monday that the hospital will be closing its doors come August 1st.
KMOX Health Editor Fred Bodimer in our 10 a.m. news was first to report this.
St. Luke's officials say the 143 bed hospital has faced persistently low utilization and increasing financial pressures and its operation as an acute care facility no longer was viable. This, "despite the dedication and hard work of team members."
According to a statement from St. Luke's, all hospital services will be discontinued at the Des Peres location only beginning August 1st — but St. Luke's Medical Group practices located in the Des Peres medical office buildings will remain open and continue to serve the community.
The organization says it will also continue to provide care at the much larger, 493 bed St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield and its more than thirty outpatient centers including its Des Peres Urgent Care site.