A new hospital safe from the storm; How Mercy rebuilt in Joplin 41 Action News and last updated 2021-05-20 15:39:51-04 JOPLIN, Mo. â Inside the new Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, visitors will find an alabaster chapel wall. Itâs one of the only pieces of St. Johnâs Regional Medical Center that was spared by the storm in 2011. 41 Action News The monstrous winds were so strong they twisted the hospital on its foundation. âIt was worse than you see in movies,â Ashley Miller, who was a nurse on the 7th floor of the hospital, told 41 Action News in 2011. 41 Action News