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Mercy Philadelphia Hospital has new lease on life through Penn Medicine and other nonprofits

Under an arrangement with Penn Medicine, Mercy's emergency department will stay open, with limited inpatient beds.

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic has agreed to sell Mercy Catholic Medical Center in West Philadelphia to the nonprofit Public Health Management Corp., which will lease pieces of it to other health-care entities. Among them is the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which will lease and operate the emergency department and an estimated total of 100 acute-care and behavioral health beds.
Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic has agreed to sell Mercy Catholic Medical Center in West Philadelphia to the nonprofit Public Health Management Corp., which will lease pieces of it to other health-care entities. Among them is the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which will lease and operate the emergency department and an estimated total of 100 acute-care and behavioral health beds.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer