Mercy Health of Joplin Foundation was established in 1988 by St. John’s Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Missouri with the mission “to develop better understanding, acceptance and delivery of health services through regional leadership and the promotion of voluntary gift Support”. One of the first Foundation projects was to provide heart defibrillators to local and regional first responders. These life-saving devices are used to “restart the heart”, and are essential for treatment of some heart attack victims and other critical heart emergencies. The Foundation funded this first project and continues to serve the community in meeting health needs.
