Mercy Flip Book

(above) NURSE AND NEWBORN AT MERCY HOSPITAL, 1980 When the Queen’s Hospital transitioned to Mercy Hospital, the new State Street facility opened in 1943 with 36 bassinets, and was hailed as one of the most advanced of its kind in northern New England. Maternity services expanded, and in 1965 alone, Mercy delivered 1,200 newborns. Mercy was a pioneer in offering private childbearing rooms. Later, at “The Birthplace at Mercy Fore River,” the hospital implemented a practice known as LDRP, defined as labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum care all in the same room.

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