KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, announced plans this week to bring enhanced pediatric services to Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Mercy Hospital in Springfield opened up an emergency room for children Monday, May 24. The room is 6,300 square feet and cost approximately $7.5 million to create.

This location will be Mercy’s first newly-built primary care clinic in Springfield in nearly two decades, according to the hospital. Along with this expansion, the health system recently opened ...