Mercy Medical Center Opens New Emergency Behavioral Health Pod

Springfield, MA. – Mercy Medical Center officials are proud to announce the addition of six new behavioral health beds in the hospital's Emergency Department (ED). The new beds are part of an extensive expansion and renovation project that has added 3,100 SF to the clinical footprint of Mercy's ED. Mercy administrators, ED colleagues, and local political leaders gathered in the new space today for a blessing and formal ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“Mercy’s Emergency Department is among the busiest in Massachusetts with a volume of over 65,000 patient visits each year, and this expansion will allow us to better meet the needs of our patients," said Robert Roose, M.D., M.P.H., Chief administrative Officer, Mercy Medical Center and Johnson Memorial Hospital. "This project features six additional behavioral health beds in a well-designed evaluation and treatment area and a large additional Rapid Medical Evaluation space to treat less urgent complaints in an enhanced clinical environment to improve the service we provide to our community."

Sister Mary Caritas, SP, former President of Mercy Medical Center; Congressman Richard Neal, (D-Springfield); State Representative Joe Wagner (D-Chicopee); Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno; State Representative Jake Oliveira (D-Ludlow); and State Representative Orlando Ramos (D-Springfield) were on hand to help Mercy administrators and colleagues celebrate the opening of the new behavioral health pod.