Mercy South to Break Ground on $75M Emergency Department Redesign
Date Posted: February 27, 2025
Posted In: News, Projects,
From First Alert 4: ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Mercy Hospital South announced it’s expanding and redesigning its entire emergency department, with the $75 million project kicking off in September 2025.
According to a release, the redesign will expand the existing emergency department from 39,000 square feet to 65,000 square feet.
The additional space will include:
- 73 patient beds, up from 61 beds
- 6 trauma bays, each twice the size of existing trauma bays
- 13-bed behavioral health area
- Smaller pods of rooms, similar to an intensive care unit (ICU), which will provide nurses direct line of sight to each patient
- Larger waiting area