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Mercy Hospital Jefferson

1400 US Highway 61
Festus, MO 63028
Phone: (636) 933-1000
Open daily 24 hours

Mercy Hospital Jefferson has been a healing presence in the Jefferson County region for more than 60 years.

Featured Services

Cardiology Services

Providing comprehensive leading-edge heart and vascular services.

Cancer Center

Mercy Cancer Center - Jefferson raises the standard for cancer care in Jefferson County.

Emergency Care

Highly-trained team of doctors and nurses ready to help you in your time of need.

Birthplace

Delivering babies safely into the Festus community.

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Just the Facts

1957 – Through many varied fund-raising activities – from corporate support by PPG Industries and its union members to Festus High School Honor Society bakes – the residents of southern Jefferson County collected contributions and pledges of more than $500,000 to match a $375,000 federal Hill-Burton Act grant and opened the new 50-bed Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
1958 – The volunteer Auxiliary is founded. For more than 50 years their commitment to patients and the community has helped to raise millions of dollars to help purchase equipment and build the capabilities of the hospital.
1965 – Less than 10 years after it opened, Jefferson Memorial Hospital doubled its capacity by adding a second floor and opening an additional 50 patient beds to serve the community needs.
1974 – Construction begins on a $5 million expansion that would include a new Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit.
1980 – More new construction allows expansion of cardiovascular services, a new physical therapy unit, nuclear medicine capabilities and outpatient surgery facilities.
1989 – Additional service line are made available including renal dialysis, a skilled nursing facility and laser surgery options.
1996 – A new surgical Intensive Care Unit opens to support a full cardiopulmonary care program including cardiac catheterization capabilities and a new cancer care center.
2004 – A new outpatient imaging and x-ray facility is opened on the Crystal Oaks campus expanding the hospital foot print to the south.
2009 – In an effort to highlight its growth and reach, the hospital is renamed Jefferson Regional Medical Center to identify its expanded capabilities and include surrounding communities south of Jefferson County.
2010 – The first of its kind in Missouri, the new Jefferson Surgical Hospital opens on property across U.S. Highway 61 from the main hospital campus. The new 25,000 square foot building offers 15 private patients suites, four operating rooms, and two endoscopy rooms, all equipped with the most advanced technologies.
2013 – Jefferson Regional joins forces with Mercy to become part of the sixth largest Catholic health care system in the U.S.
2015 – Mercy Jefferson breaks ground on new three-story building to provide all private patient care rooms.
2018 – New all-private room patient tower opens; New Mercy Cancer Center opens.
2024 – Opens as regional campus for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, its first regional campus in the Midwest.

By The Numbers (FY2024)

131,136

Outpatient Visits

180

Staffed Beds

$12.7 million

Total Community Benefit

162

Total Providers

11,810

Inpatient Discharges

4,349

Total Surgeries

39,899

Emergency Department Visits

1,811

Total Co-workers

545

Births

About Mercy

Mercy, one of the 15 largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally recognized care and one of the nation’s largest and highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in quality and cost. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including 50 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has over 1,000 physician practice locations and outpatient facilities, more than 5,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and more than 50,000 co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In fiscal year 2024 alone, Mercy provided nearly half a billion dollars of free care and other community benefits, including traditional charity care and unreimbursed Medicaid.

Media Contact

Joe Poelker

St. Louis - South, Festus

Joe.Poelker@Mercy.Net

Phone: 314-525-4005

Cell: 314-724-6095

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