Cooper Green Mercy Hospital

Cooper Green Mercy Hospital
Cooper Green Mercy Hospital
Jefferson Health System
Geography
Location 1515 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Organisation
Hospital type General
Services
Beds 319
History
Founded 1972
Links
Website http://www.coopergreenmercyhospital.org/ Cooper Green Mercy
Lists

Cooper Green Mercy Hospital is a 319-bed general-care hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. It is owned by Jefferson County, Alabama and operated by the 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.

Funding for indigent care was established by the Alabama Legislature in 1965, using revenues collected from county sales and liquor taxes. 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, focusing 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 focuses 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.

In May 2009 Birmingham mayor Larry Langford suggested that the city of Birmingham take over operation of the hospital, predicting that the county would try to shut it down amid cost-cutting measures in the wake of a massive debt crisis.

References

  • Velasco, Anna (July 15, 2007) "Renovation transforming look of county hospital." Birmingham News
  • Bryant, Joseph (May 19, 2009) "Mayor Larry Langford: Birmingham should consider operating Cooper Green Mercy Hospital." Birmingham News

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Coordinates: 33°30′12″N 86°48′23″W / 33.50333°N 86.80639°W / 33.50333; -86.80639



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