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McCarthy to Replace Devastated Hospital for $335M

JOPLIN, MO-A massive tornado killed 160 people and virtually wiped out much of the city in May 2011, including the Mercy Medical Center. A new facility is planned for 2014.

By Robert Carr | Updated on January 12, 2012

JOPLIN, MO-A one-mile-wide tornado, which caused almost $3 billion in damage and killed 160 people here on May 22, 2011, also just about destroyed the St. John Mercy Regional Medical Center. The health system has hired St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. to build a new hospital a couple miles away, for $335 million, and with likely a stronger core.

The devastation was so complete at the hospital, where four people died, that some people believe the two-building structure shifted four inches on its axis during the event. McCarthy, which has built and developed properties for the system for years, immediately set up a 60-bed field hospital and is building a temporary modular facility until the new complex can be built.

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