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Catholic hospital. Ground broke in 1932 and a year later, 30,000 people witnessed the dedication of the hospital, known at that time as Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital. To manage hospital operations, the Archdiocese asked the Sisters of Mercy as they already had experience with the Misericordia Hospital (now Mercy Philadelphia Hospital) which was established 15 years earlier in West Philadelphia. The Sisters agreed to rent Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital from the Archdiocese for $ 1 a year.
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Recognizing the necessity of partnering to strengthen the base on which the hospital was founded and of maintaining the
Catholic identity of Nazareth Hospital, the Sisters transferred ownership of Nazareth Hospital to the Franciscan Health System on March 1, 1995. In 1996, through the Franciscan
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In 1922, local banker and businessman Thomas M. Fitzgerald willed his property and funds to establish a hospital on
Lansdowne Avenue in Darby, Pennsylvania. Seven years later, May Fitzgerald used $ 1.25 million from her late husband's trust and worked with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to plan
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To meet the healthcare needs of Northeast Philadelphia, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth prepared to open a hospital, by sending members of the Congregation to train at hospitals throughout the country, and by raising money to build. After six years of preparation, the Sisters founded
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Mercy Fitzgerald, part of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, is a 204-bed teaching hospital located in Darby, Pennsylvania, which offers advanced acute care services in Delaware County and Southwest Philadelphia. In 2015, the hospital admitted 8,834 patients, cared for 41,855 people in the Emergency
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Father William Scott, pastor of St. Joseph’s on the Brandywine, was inspired with the idea to build a Catholic hospital in Wilmington. Catholics in Wilmington contributed to the cost of the land, purchased from the McComb estate, and the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Glen Riddle
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St. Mary Medical Center was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis who opened the Philadelphia-based, St. Mary Hospital in 1860. In 1973, the hospital relocated to Bucks County because of a regional need for health services. In 1996, the hospital's name was changed to St. Mary Medical Center.
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In the summer of 1913, Mother M. Hildegarde, a Sister of Mercy, was asked by Archbishop Prendergast if the Sisters would manage a hospital in West Philadelphia; they accepted. Negotiations were begun for acquiring the lot at 54th Street and Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia, at a cost of
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therapy. In 2012, a retail pharmacy was opened on Mercy Fitzgerald's campus and the hospital established a Mercy Cancer Center featuring a new Infusion Center. In 2013, a new Endoscopy Center opened with advanced capabilities to diagnose and treat digestive disorders.
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Mercy LIFE's services include primary care and physician specialist services, nursing care, prescribed medications, dental care, mental health services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, along with vision, hearing and foot care.
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diagnostics, a cath lab, a Vein Center and the Center of Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine. Nazareth launched a Balance Program to prevent falls and improve quality of life for people with conditions that place them at risk.
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Mercy Philadelphia (formerly Misericordia Hospital), is a 157-bed community teaching hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1909, which serves the communities of
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Nazareth Hospital in 1940. On March 9, Nazareth Hospital opened with 116 beds and at a cost of $ 800,000 - financed solely by the Sisters, their families and friends.
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