Kearny County Hospital: labor and delivery in Lakin, KS
Kearny County Hospital is a hospital in Lakin, Kearny County, Kansas that delivers babies. It handled 325 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 26% delivered by C-section (93 such births). That is above the Kansas rate of 24% and the same as the U.S. median of 26%.
- 26%First-birth C-section rate
- 325Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 280Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
Birth services at Kearny County Hospital
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Rooming-in with your baby
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
500 East Thorpe Street
Lakin, KS 67860
Kearny County
Call (620) 355-7111 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
- Ownership: Government, Local
How Kearny County Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 26% | 24% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 280 | 164 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 67 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.
In Kansas, Kearny County Hospital has the 16th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 27 hospitals that report one.
The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.
What patients say
- 84% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 66% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Birthing-Friendly designation
Kearny County Hospital holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Lakin
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City | Garden City | 21 | 21% | 696 | Yes |
| Southwest Medical Center | Liberal | 64 | 15% | 757 | Yes |
| Centura St. Catherine-Dodge City | Dodge City | 68 | 27% | 420 | Yes |
| Prowers Medical Center | Lamar | 76 | 13% | 113 | – |
| Gove County Medical Center | Quinter | 95 | – | 36 | Yes |
| Citizens Medical Center | Colby | 100 | – | – | Yes |
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