Editing Sisters of Mercy (section)

===Healthcare in the Americas===
The Sisters founded dozens of hospitals in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sistersofmercy.org/files/images/west-midwest/history/WMW-timeline-web.pdf|title=XXX|website=Sistersofmercy.org|access-date=4 November 2021|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807140123/https://www.sistersofmercy.org/files/images/west-midwest/history/WMW-timeline-web.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and sponsors, or co-sponsors, six health systems. The organization also operates health care ministries in Belize, Guam, Guyana, Peru and the Philippines.<ref name=Stockman/>

In 1883, they founded [[The Retreat, A Home for Friendless Girls]] for unwed expecting mothers in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. The hospital changed names and locations several times over the years before closing as Riverside Mercy Hospital in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 Sep 2018 |title=Abandoned Riverside Hospital of Toledo, Ohio |url=https://www.placesthatwere.com/2018/09/abandoned-riverside-hospital-toledo-ohio.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003174756/https://www.placesthatwere.com/2018/09/abandoned-riverside-hospital-toledo-ohio.html |archive-date=3 Oct 2018 |access-date=7 Oct 2024 |website=Places That Were}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Jan 2015 |title=The Old Riverside Hospital |url=https://architecturalafterlife.com/2015/01/the-old-riverside-hospital/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513202010/https://architecturalafterlife.com/2015/01/the-old-riverside-hospital/ |archive-date=13 May 2023 |access-date=7 Oct 2024 |website=Architectural Afterlife}}</ref>

In 1892, they founded [[Mercy Health (Ohio & Kentucky)|Mercy Hospital]] in [[Hamilton, Ohio]]. "With lots of heavy industry in Hamilton at the time, there was a lot of need for emergency care for accident victims."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journal-news.com/news/local/mercy-won-erect-sculpture-hamilton-historic-marker-instead/4qBrLJGRHPzpZXL3wXQGsI/|title=Mercy won't erect sculpture in Hamilton; historic marker instead|first=Mike|last=Rutledge|website=Journal-news|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

In 1893, they founded [[MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center|Mercy Hospital]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/state/history/orphanages.txt|format=TXT|title=MISC: ORPHANAGES OF IOWA : Historical Directory|website=Files.usgwarchives.net|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

In 1916, the Sisters of Mercy established Sisters of Mercy's St. Joseph's Sanitarium, in [[Asheville, North Carolina]], to treat [[tuberculosis]] patients, which later became St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1998, St. Joseph's Hospital was sold to [[Mission Health System#Becoming Mission Heath|Memorial Mission Hospital]]. The Sisters continue to operate urgent care centers in the Asheville area, under the name Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asheville.com/news/som0911.html|title=Asheville, Sisters of Mercy Uncover Pieces of Their History, Celebrate Mercy Week|website=Asheville.com|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref>

[[Mercy (healthcare organization)|Mercy Health]] is an [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] Catholic [[healthcare]] organization in the Midwestern United States, and is headquartered in the suburban western St. Louis County suburb of [[Chesterfield, Missouri]].