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.
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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...
