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Penn Medicine and PHMC take over at Mercy Hospital in West Philly

The partnership is rare in the highly competitive Philadelphia region and an independent expert lauds it for maintaining care in a poor neighborhood while retaining hundreds of jobs.

Penn Medicine and Mercy Hospital in West Philadelphia collaborated on a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic earlier this month. Penn is now taking over the emergency department at Mercy.
Penn Medicine and Mercy Hospital in West Philadelphia collaborated on a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic earlier this month. Penn is now taking over the emergency department at Mercy.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer