Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital is a 204-bed facility located in Darby, which offers advanced acute care services in Delaware County, Pa.
09/09/2025
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09/08/2025
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09/07/2025
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09/06/2025
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, a member of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, is excited to announce CATH/PCI reaccreditation from Corazon.
Mercy Fitzgerald’s program has once again met or exceeded Corazon’s accreditation standards, national societal guidelines and the requirements established by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA DOH). Read more.
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital has received CATH/PCI reaccreditation from Corazon.
09/05/2025
We are seeking candidates for clinical positions! Join us for an on-site on Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 10 a.m.–noon and 1–3 p.m. in Conference Rooms D and E. View available positions and register for the event: indeedhi.re/45RnUGf
09/05/2025
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09/04/2025
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09/02/2025
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09/01/2025
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08/27/2025
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Mercy Catholic Medical Center - Mercy Fitzgerald Campus
Mercy Fitzgerald, located in Darby, Pa., is a 188-bed teaching facility, which offers advanced acute care services in Delaware County and Southwest Philadelphia.
Consistently recognized for clinical excellence, Mercy Fitzgerald is proud of our many quality achievements such as: Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, Achievement Awards from the American Heart/Stroke Associations and Certified Primary Stroke Center. More importantly, we’re proud to serve you.
Since 1933, our mission has been to help and heal patients through accessible, compassionate healthcare that is tailored to their needs. Our experienced medical staff offers services in a broad range of specialties. Please visit our Physician Finder for more information.
Our History
In 1922, local banker and businessman Thomas M. Fitzgerald willed his property and funds to establish a hospital on Lansdowne Avenue in Darby, Pa. His wife used $1.25 million from her late husband’s trust and worked with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to plan Delaware County’s first Catholic hospital. Ground broke in 1932 and a year later, 30,000 people witnessed the dedication of the hospital, known at that time as Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital.
To manage hospital operations, the Archdiocese drew upon the vast health care experience of the Sisters of Mercy—who had already experienced great success with Misericordia Hospital (now Mercy Philadelphia) that was established 15 years earlier in West Philadelphia. The Sisters agreed to rent Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital from the Archdiocese for $1 a year.
By the end of its first year in operation, the hospital had provided $38,837 in free care, treated 7,354 patients and had 352 births.
In July 1936, the first group of medical and surgical interns arrived, marking the start of a rich tradition of Graduate Medical Education at the hospital. A nursing school opened in 1942, providing many locals with quality nurse training and education until it was phased out in the 1970s. In 1950, the Archdiocese transferred ownership of the hospital to the Sisters of Mercy.