Prominent Patients
Ben Roethlisberger is a past patient. In a statement released on June 15, 2006 through the Pittsburgh Steelers organization following his treatment at Mercy Hospital for injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in downtown Pittsburgh on June 12, 2006, Mr. Roethlisberger included the following acknowledgment: "The physicians and support staff at Mercy Hospital were simply amazing, and I will forever be grateful for their caring treatment."
In March 1983, Pittsburgh Penguins coach/GM and Pittsburgh Hornets legend Baz Bastien was rushed to the hospital after crashing into a motorcycle on Interstate 376 in suburban Greentree, Pennsylvania.
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