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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Mercy Announces Plans for St. Charles County Hospital

Mercy also plans first U.S. virtual care center and telemedicine hub near Drury Plaza in Chesterfield.

Health care giant Mercy will spend $2.4 billion in capital investments over the next eight years in the St. Louis area, with the nation's first virtual care hub in Chesterfield. "It's about vision," said Mercy President and CEO Lynn Britton. "We are poised to be the virtual gateway to the West." Mercy's new master plan also included a hospital and clinics for St. Charles County, Mercy officials said Tuesday in an announcement from the Edward Jones Atrium in Des Peres. Mercy will spend $3.6 billion statewide in expansion into areas they previously have not served in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Officials said ground-breaking on the Chesterfield Virtual Care Center would likely take place within the next six months. The location …

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