Mercy’s second emergency department is expected to open this winter. A new facility to house the center is being built next to Mercy’s Orthopedic Hospital south of Springfield.
This week, some Mercy Springfield leaders went to the site to sign one of the concrete pillars located in what will soon be the new ED patient check-in.
Cindy Beck is vice president of patient care services for Mercy and specifically oversees its emergency departments. She says they hope the new center will help alleviate the demand for emergency care they’re seeing at the ED on the main campus and reduce patient wait times…