- Filed Under
JOPLIN - St. John's plans to build a hospital in Joplin at Interstate 44 and Main Street that will open in 2014 to replace the hospital destroyed by a tornado in May.
The announcement was made to about 300 Joplin-are residents tonight at a community dinner at the the Joplin Holiday Inn.
"We are making this commitment because it's the right thing to do for Joplin," said Lynn Britton, the president and CEO of Sisters of Mercy Health System, which owns 28 hospitals in seven states. ...