Kosciusko Community Hospital has announced an expansion, and a name change to Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital. InkFreeNews file photo.

News Release

WARSAW – Lutheran Health Network leadership announced a $30 million investment toward the expansion of its Kosciusko hospital along with renaming the facility to reinforce the importance of the Warsaw area in the regionally integrated health system.

The announcement was made by Alan Alderfer, board chair for Kosciusko Community Hospital; and Scott Teffeteller, market CEO for Lutheran Health Network, at a meeting with community leaders during a breakfast Thursday, June 23.

Officials announced the hospital will begin using a new name, “Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital,” to reinforce its connection to Lutheran Health Network.

The hospital has been the area’s only full-service hospital since 1976 but is being challenged by Parkview Health, which is expanding its nearby hospital in Warsaw to be a full-service hospital.

Warsaw is one of the fastest-growing rural cities in Indiana.

Due to the rapidly growing demand for the hospital’s surgical services, the project will improve and expand pre-and post-surgical areas as well as refresh the surgical area. In addition to the surgical services improvements, the investment will include updates to the hospital’s inpatient units, main lobby and exterior.    

“Lutheran Health Network is committed to the residents of Kosciusko County and the surrounding area,” Teffeteller said. “Our patients are at the center of everything we do and know we understand how important it is to them to receive quality care close to home.”

The project will add an additional 13,600 square feet to the existing 170,000-square-foot hospital. Specific improvements include:

• Surgical services expansion and updates:
  • New, larger pre-and-post surgical bays with three additional spaces for better patient privacy and more room for family members to be with loved ones
  • Expanded sterile processing area with new technology for faster equipment sterilization
  • Renovation of existing operating room so surgeons can accommodate more complex cases, allowing patients to be scheduled sooner and remain close to home when surgery is needed
• An expanded, redesigned customer-friendly lobby
• Renovations to all patient rooms, public spaces and nursing stations on the medical, surgical and intensive care units
• Updates to the hospital facade
• Parking lot expansion and resurfacing
• New campus exterior signage to improve patient wayfinding

The refresh of patient units began this month and is expected to be completed in spring 2023. A timeline for the other elements of the project will be finalized later this year.  

Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital offers a variety of services, including emergency care, heart and stroke care (including a cardiac catheterization lab), surgical services, orthopedics, occupational health, rehabilitation services, a sleep center, a wound care center and a comprehensive cancer care center providing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. It also has the only emergency department in the county with accredited chest pain and stroke centers.