Mercy Medical Center (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)

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Mercy Medical Center
Ascension Northeast Wisconsin
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Mercy Medical Center (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) (the United States)
Geography
Location Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates 44°00′46″N88°36′04″W / 44.012886°N 88.601101°W / 44.012886; -88.601101
Organization
Care system Ascension Health
Funding Non-profit hospital
Services
Emergency department Level III trauma center
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History
Opened1891
Links
Website www.affinityhealth.org/Mercy-Medical-Center
Lists Hospitals in Wisconsin

Mercy Medical Center, officially Ascension Northeast Wisconsin Mercy Hospital, is a hospital founded in 1891 that serves the city of Oshkosh, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Its emergency department is a level III trauma center. [2]

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History

Mercy Medical Center was founded by Father Roman Scholter, pastor of St. Mary's Church in 1891. He convinced the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother to come to Oshkosh and start St. Mary's Hospital. In 1895 the hospital moved into a four-story facility on the corner of Merritt and Boyd Streets which could accommodate 26 patients. In 1918, St. Mary's bought Lakeside Hospital on the other side town which they renamed as Mercy Hospital. The current building opened in 2000. [3]

As of February 2018, the St. Mary's building operates as city-owned low-income apartments. The Lakeside Hospital building operates as a retirement community.

Affiliations

Mercy Medical Center associated with Appleton's St. Elizabeth Hospital in 1995 to form the Affinity Health System, [4] which later incorporated Calumet Medical Center in 1998. [5]

The hospitals and clinics of Affinity Health System were absorbed by and began using the Ascension name beginning September 20, 2016. [6]

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References

  1. "AirNav: WS50 - Mercy Medical Center Heliport". airnav.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  2. "Winnebago County Designated Trauma Care Facilities". Wisconsin Department of Health Services. 2014-03-05. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  3. "Mercy Medical Center". www.affinityhealth.org. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  4. "St. Elizabeth Hospital". www.affinityhealth.org. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  5. "Calumet Medical Center". www.affinityhealth.org. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  6. "Wisconsin Catholic Healthcare Systems Unify as Ascension". www.affinityhealth.org. Retrieved February 1, 2018.