Mercy Medical Center marks 100th year
Photo credit: Newsday/Michael E. Ach | Rockville Centre-February 11, 2008: Mercy Medical Center, North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. Monday, February 11, 2008. Newsday photo by Michael E. Ach.
In the early days of the original Mercy Hospital in Hempstead, five of the nuns who staffed the institution had to sleep on an open porch protected only by a canvas drop. Sometimes the snow came in on them.
This year, as Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre celebrates its 100th anniversary, it is a far different institution, with state-of-the-art equipment, 100,000 patient visits a year...
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