Schools and hospitals throughout the Springfield Metro are struggling to remain functional as the Omicron COVID-19 variant makes it way through the community. The Springfield-Greene County Health …
Read More »Mercy Springfield to Require All Employees to be Vaccinated
Mercy Springfield held a press conference Wednesday to announce that they will be requiring all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Hospital officials said they would be …
Read More »Mercy Springfield Ran Out of Ventilators July 4; Sister Hospitals Send Help
An official with Mercy Springfield said the hospital ran out of ventilators over the weekend and had to ship them in from sister hospitals. Mercy CAO Erik …
Read More »Mercy Makes Preparations for more COVID-19 Patients
Sydney Moran, Ivie Macy, KOLR SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Craig McCoy, the president of Mercy Springfield Communities, explained the hospital’s plans to care for the influx of COVID-19 …
Read More »Leaked Email Shows Mercy Lab Outsourcing Facing Problems
An email leaked to the website Reddit shows that Mercy is having troubles with their transition to outsourced diagnostic testing by Quest Diagnostics. Mercy verified the validity …
Read More »Mercy Offering Walk-in COVID-19 Vaccinations
Mercy is now offering walk-in vaccinations in Springfield thanks to a large supply of the Pfizer vaccine. The vaccine clinic location at 4520 S. National Ave. in …
Read More »City of Springfield, Health Systems Ask Residents to Take Finish Strong Pledge
The City of Springfield is partnering with CoxHealth and Mercy to ask the community to take the Finish Strong pledge as healthcare providers prepare for the arrival …
Read More »Mercy-Go Health Offering Rapid COVID-19 Testing
Edited press release Continuing its efforts to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in the Springfield area, Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care is now offering rapid COVID-19 testing at …
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