Mercy Hospital St. Louis

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Mercy Hospital St. Louis
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Mercy Hospital St. Louis in 2018
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
Geography
Location615 S New Ballas Rd, Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States
Organization
Type General
Services
Emergency department Level I trauma center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit
Beds1,252
Public transit access Bus-logo.svg MetroBus
History
Opened1871
Links
Website www.mercy.net
Lists Hospitals in Missouri

Mercy Hospital St. Louis is a Catholic hospital operating in Creve Coeur, Missouri, [1] United States, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.

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History

Mercy Hospital, originally known as St. John's Infirmary, was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1871 in downtown St. Louis as a 25-bed hospital in a school building. [2] In 1963, the hospital's current location was founded in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Since then, it has expanded, treating patients in the St. Louis region and other parts of Missouri. In 2018, Mercy Hospital announced plans to open ten primary health care facilities in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, along with 20 urgent health care centers. [3]

In 2020, the first coronavirus patient in Missouri, a Washington University student returning from Italy, was quarantined at Mercy Hospital. [4]

Capacity

Mercy Hospital has a level III neonatal intensive care unit as well as the only Level I Trauma center in St. Louis County, Missouri. The hospital also has the David C. Pratt Cancer Center, a heart and vascular hospital, the only pediatric children's hospital in St. Louis County, and a low-risk birthing center. [5]

Mercy Hospital St. Louis is part of the greater organization Mercy Health.

The hospital has 859 beds. [6]

It has a HIMSS State 7 Ranking, making it one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the country, with an extensive electronic health care system. [7] In 2018, the hospital's children wing earned a gold seal of approval for pediatric asthma, making it the only asthma-certified children hospital in the state. [8]

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References

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  2. Mercy Hospital St. Louis Quick Facts retrieved on October 29, 2016
  3. Eli Chen (26 March 2018). "Mercy to open more primary care offices in south St. Louis region". St. Louis Public Radio. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  4. St. Louis Public Radio Staff. "Live Updates: Coronavirus In The St. Louis Region". news.stlpublicradio.org.
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  7. "HIMSS 7 Ranking". Mercy Technology. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  8. Marty Smith. "St. Louis News Mercy Hospital Earns Pediatric Asthma Certification". STL News. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

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