UPMC Mercy

UPMC Mercy
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Location of UPMC Mercy in Downtown Pittsburgh
Geography
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40°26′11″N 79°59′06″W / 40.4363°N 79.9851°W / 40.4363; -79.9851 (1847, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
Organisation
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Services
Emergency department	Adult Level I
Beds	404
Helipads
Helipad	FAA LID: PN23[1]
Number Length Surface ft m H1 65 20 Concrete
History
Opened	January 1, 1847
Links
Website	www.upmc.com/locations/hospitals/mercy
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Official name	Mercy Hospital
Designated	May 27, 1994[2]

UPMC Mercy is a main hospital facility of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and is located in the Uptown section of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Duquesne University, and a few blocks from the PPG Paints Arena and downtown Pittsburgh. It is the first chartered hospital to have been founded in the city of Pittsburgh and it is also the first hospital in the world to have been established by the Sisters of Mercy. It is also the first teaching hospital in the region, accepting residents to teaching positions beginning in 1848, one year after opening its doors.

In January 2008, Mercy Hospital merged with Pittsburgh health care giant UPMC, taking on its current name UPMC Mercy. UPMC Mercy remains Pittsburgh's only Catholic hospital that provides a full breadth of specialized services.