In the 1980s, Lia Lee, the subject of the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, was treated at this hospital.

[4] In 2010, the magazine Consumer Reports said that in terms of hospitals across the United States, the patient rating of Mercy Medical Center Merced was 49 out of 100.

The hospital responded, saying that its patient satisfaction was higher than the magazine stated.

[5] The current hospital, located on North G Street in northern Merced, was scheduled to open in August 2010.

The hospital administration planned to eventually have space for 435 patients within a 20-year period.