Mercy Medical Center (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mercy Medical Center |
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| Sisters of Mercy | |
Mercy Campus
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| Geography | |
| Location | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Network | Independent, MercyCare Clinics |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level III trauma center |
| Helipad | IA72 |
| Beds | 450 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1900 |
Mercy Medical Center is a Catholic hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The smaller of two metro hospitals, Mercy frequently ranks as either the best in Iowa or one of the top three. Mercy is a non-profit, acute-care medical center with a level III trauma center. Mercy Cedar Rapids is independent and not directly associated with other Mercy hospitals across the state and country. In addition to the non-profit hospital and clinics, Mercy operates outpatient and urgent-care clinics in a for-profit partnership with MercyCare Community Physicians.
History
When Cedar Rapids needed hospital beds in 1900, the Sisters of Mercy established Mercy Hospital in a small house on 3rd Avenue and 6th Street SE. This 15-bed house was soon too small, and the Sisters looked for money and a site to build a larger hospital.
Two men who owned the racing rights at the county fair gave a day's racing receipts toward the proposed building. and the Sisters raised money, going from parish to parish and to nearby towns. In 1903 they were able to construct a 100-bed hospital at Mercy's present location. In subsequent years, Mercy hospital was enlarged, the Hall Radiation Center and Hallmar were added. Read more about the history of the hospital.
Recent news
On June 13, 2008; flood waters in the hospital's basement and power outages forced Mercy to evacuate its patients to nearby facilities unaffected by the flood (such as St. Luke's, a few blocks north located on higher ground). Within a few days the water receded and the hospital began to clean up with the assistance of Rinderknecht Construction and Ryan Companies. Within a month, the hospital announced that it had fully recovered and all services were available.
Starting in the early 1900s the facilities service model has been the "Mercy Touch." Recent upgrades, including the J. Edward Lundy Pavilion continue to enhance Mercy's longstanding service model.
As a regional leader in quality healthcare and medical technology for eastern Iowa, Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids often makes news headlines. Read recent press releases.
