Mercy Hospital and Medical Center (New Name: Insight Hospital) | |
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Geography | |
Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Services | |
Beds | 414 |
Public transit access | CTA |
History | |
Opened | 1852 |
Links | |
Website | https://www.mercy-chicago.org/ |
Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center now called Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago is a 414-bed general medical and surgical Catholic teaching hospital in Chicago, Illinois.[1] Established in 1852, the hospital was the first chartered hospital in Chicago. In 1859, Mercy Hospital became the first Catholic hospital to affiliate with a medical school—Lind Medical School—and the first to require a graded curriculum.