** Our Mission **
Mercy Hospital carries out the healing work of Christ by providing clinically excellent, compassionate health care to all with special concern for the poor and the disadvantaged.
** Our Values **
Reverence for Each Person
We believe each person is a manifestation of the sacredness of human life.
* Excellence
We strive for the highest standards of care for our patients' physical, mental and spiritual needs. We encourage our associates to do the same in their personal and professional lives.
* Community
We demonstrate our connectedness to each other through inclusive and compassionate relationships.
* Justice
We advocate for a society in which all can realize their full potential and achieve the common good.
* Commitment to the Poor
We give priority to those society ignores.
* Stewardship
We care for and strengthen the ministry and all resources entrusted to us.
* Courage
We dare to take the risks our faith demands of us.
* Integrity
We keep our word and are faithful to who we say we are.
History Of Mercy Hospital
** 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.
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.
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.
