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Mercy Hospital Columbus
Mercy Hospital Columbus is an 18-bed Critical Access Hospital, critical access hospital located in Columbus, Kansas, Columbus, Kansas. The hospital is part of the Mercy (healthcare organization), Sisters of Mercy Health System and is affiliated with Mercy Hospital Joplin in nearby Joplin, Missouri, Joplin, Missouri. History Originally known as Maude Norton Hospital, Mercy Hospital Columbus was founded in 1917 by William Norton and cared for its first patients in the Norton Mansion. In 1952, the Norton Mansion was replaced with a modern hospital facility, which served Columbus until 1967 when a new addition was constructed. In 1999, the hospital affiliated with Mercy Hospital Joplin, St. John's Regional Medical Center (Missouri) and joined Catholic Health Initiatives, changing its name to St. John's Maude Norton Hospital. In 2009, the hospital followed St. John's to the Mercy (healthcare organization), Sisters of Mercy Health System. Mercy renamed the hospital Mercy Maude Norton H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercy (healthcare Organization)
Mercy is a not-for-profit Catholic health care organization founded in 1871 by the Sisters of Mercy. It is located in the Midwestern United States with headquarters within Greater St. Louis in the west St. Louis County, Missouri suburb of Chesterfield. Mercy is the seventh largest Catholic health care system in the United States. Mercy has more than 40 acute care and specialty hospitals. It employs more than 40,000 co-workers and more than 2,400 physicians. History Mercy in the United States traces its roots to 1843, when the first Sisters of Mercy arrived from Ireland. In 1856, the Sisters of Mercy came to St. Louis and founded the Religious Sisters of Mercy of the St. Louis Province. Fifteen years later, in 1871, they opened a 25-bed infirmary for women and children. Over the years, the Sisters of Mercy expanded their health ministry in the Regional Community’s seven-state area: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. While the hospitals an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |