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“We’re working to keep people alive.”

A young person with long dark hair tied back, wearing a gray t-shirt and a necklace, smiles outdoors with greenery and trees softly blurred in the background, inspired to help keep people alive through kindness and compassion.

Street Medicine’s Joy Fernandez de Narayan obtains her Doctor of Nursing Practice. Joy Fernandez came to Mercy Care almost five and a half years ago as a Nurse Practitioner. Though […]

Meet Beatriz

Two women talking in a hallway; Beatriz, in brown scrubs, stands by a door looking serious, while the other woman in a gray suit smiles and leans against the doorframe. Medical office supplies are visible in the background.

Half of the 28 years that Beatriz Leon York has been with Mercy Care was as a volunteer, and the other half has been as a full-time employee. In 1991, […]

Dermatology clinic launches

A doctor in a white coat examines a patient using a handheld medical device with a bright light in a dermatology clinic, surrounded by medical equipment in the background.

Dr. Mark Holzberg volunteers his time at the dermatology clinic. Seven patients were treated for skin issues between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Aug. 28 during the first dermatology […]

Meet Dr. Hansen

Dr. Hansen, a middle-aged man with glasses and short, neatly combed hair, is smiling slightly. He is wearing a white lab coat, a blue shirt, and a patterned tie, standing in a softly lit indoor setting.

Uncommonly known, Dr. Richard Hansen worked as a juvenile prison guard and lived in a group home for juvenile delinquents while in college, building relationships with this younger, in-need group […]

Meet Tom

Two men shake hands outdoors near a black metal fence; one wears a cap and casual jacket, the other wears a “Mercy Care” shirt and holds a blue cup. People and buildings are visible in the background.

Amidst a broad range of experience in healthcare administration, Tom Andrews stumbled across a novel program in 1988. He had begun working at Saint Joseph’s hospital as an office admin […]

Meet Dora

A woman in a light pink sweater sits at a desk, smiling at the camera, while working on a desktop computer. The desk has papers, folders, a water bottle, and office supplies.

For Dora Llantop, service is about educating and empowering the patient. Formerly a dietician in Peru, Dora found a passion at Mercy Care in 1997 meeting one-on-one with Latina women […]