Cooper Green Mercy Health Services
Cooper Green Mercy Hospital is a 319-bed general-care hospital owned by Jefferson County and operated by Jefferson Health System. It first opened as Mercy Hospital in 1972 and was renamed for former Birmingham mayor Cooper Green three years later. It is located at 1515 6th Avenue South, adjacent to UAB Hospital on Birmingham's Southside. The hospital's executive director, since 2001, is Sandral Hullett.
As a county hospital, Cooper Green Mercy provides health-care services to all Jefferson County residents with fees based on family size and income. In addition to staff physicians, the hospital coordinates with UAB Hospital as a training site for medical residents and to provide patients with diagnostic tests and procedures outside of Cooper Green Mercy's capabilities.
From October 2005 to March 2008 the hospital underwent a $28 million program of extensive renovations and modernization of systems, focussing on patient care rooms and public areas of the hospital. Brasfield & Gorrie was general contractor for the project.
Special programs housed at Cooper Green Mercy include St George's Clinic, an outpatient care clinic for HIV infected clients, an Adult Sickle Cell Clinic, a Women's Health Center, the Balm of Gilead Palliative Care Unit, which focusses on comfort care for persons nearing the end of life. Cooper Green Mercy also operates the Jefferson Metrocare Health Center in Forestdale and the South Town Clinic in the South Town Housing Community.
References
- Velasco, Anna (July 15, 2007) "Renovation transforming look of county hospital." Birmingham News.
External links
- Cooper Green Mercy Hospital website