Mercy History
| Mercy was founded in 1918 as Queen's Hospital during a devastating flu epidemic. The original hospital had 25 patient beds and was located on the corner of Congress and State Streets in Portland. |
Queen's Hospital |
| Mercy Hospital at 144 State Street opened in 1943 and was named for the Sisters of Mercy, who had assumed full responsibility for the new hospital. It had a major addition in 1952, and was then renovated in the 1980s. However, over the years, Mercy faced many challenges, such as a growing population and dramatically different medical technologies, and eventually exceeded the capabilities of the State Street facility. |
Mercy State Street
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| On September 22, 2008 Mercy opened a new hospital on the Fore River. The Fore River campus is 42 acres (compared to three acres at State Street) and includes a $16 million, 80,000 square foot medical office building and a $49.5 million, 151,000 square foot Phase I hospital, which houses diagnostic imaging, laboratory, inpatient and outpatient surgical services, and The Birthplace. The new medical office building and hospital is Phase I of a two-phase project that will eventually relocate all of Mercy Hospital’s services from the State Street campus to the campus. The State Street campus will continue as a full-service hospital and will continue to operate Mercy’s only 24-hour Emergency Department. The full relocation of all Mercy services to the Fore River campus is anticipated well in time for Mercy’s 100-year anniversary in 2018. Phase II will add an addition to the hospital that will include the Emergency Department, inpatient medical services, additional surgery suites, the Critical Care Unit and acute care beds. |
Mercy Fore River |