May 21, 2025
Mercy South to Break Ground on $75 Million Emergency Department Expansion and Redesign
In order to meet the growing needs of its community, Mercy Hospital South is expanding and redesigning its entire emergency department. Mercy South is already one of the busiest emergency departments in the St. Louis region with more than 67,000 visits in...
May 13, 2025
Mercy South and Mehlville Fire Protection District Create New Transportation Team
This new initiative will provide dedicated transfer services, ensuring patients are transported safely and efficiently between medical facilities, including nursing homes. To support this program, Mehlville Fire has hired two dedicated crews consisting of...
May 5, 2025
Mercy Offers Moms Option to Help Others With Newborn Tissue Donation Program
Mercy hospitals across the Midwest now offer new moms the opportunity for their placentas to continue supporting life well after the birth of a baby. Through the Beginnings and Blessings program, Mercy moms can opt to donate their birth tissue for researc...
April 24, 2025
Mercy Starts Construction in Wentzville
With shovels in hand and a vision for the future, community leaders and Mercy officials broke ground on the state’s first brand-new, acute care hospital campus in nearly a decade.
The ceremonial event marks a major milestone for Missouri’s health care...
April 17, 2025
Mercy Launches Program to Support Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Substance Use Recovery
Substance use during pregnancy has devastating effects on the health of both mothers and their children during and after pregnancy. To address these challenges, Mercy has introduced a new program, BRAVE (Building Recovery, Advocacy, Validation and Empower...
March 31, 2025
Broken Heart Healed With Bariatric Surgery
Brad Berry lost his wife in 2020 and his granddaughter just three years later. For Berry, who always struggled with weight, emotional responses to the grieving process led to even more issues. His losses led Berry, a self-proclaimed compulsive eater, to a...
March 19, 2025
State Hospice Organization Recognizes Mercy with Heart of Hospice Awards
Mercy Hospice was awarded several honors at the annual Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association Heart of Hospice ceremony. Of seven award categories, Mercy caregivers were honored in three.
March 18, 2025
Mercy South Adds Minimally Invasive Robotic Aquablation Therapy
Aquablation uses a water jet to remove excess prostate tissue with no surgical incision.
March 6, 2025
Breast Reconstruction Using DIEP Flap Procedure
A breast cancer diagnosis can be life changing and bring with it many questions about next steps in treatment. For patients who choose mastectomy, there are still more options to consider for reconstruction – from implant-based reconstruction to technique...
February 28, 2025
Mercy Hospital St. Louis Ranks Among Newsweek’s World Best Hospitals
For the seventh consecutive year, Newsweek magazine named Mercy Hospital St. Louis one of the World’s Best Hospitals, ranking third in the state and 80th in the nation.
"Being recognized as a World's Best Hospital, for seven years in a row, is an incre...