Between 1993 and 1995, it constructed a major expansion with the addition of a 7-story outpatient center and a 5-story parking garage, also by Hayes Large Architects, with Robert E. Wedge, AIA, as Principle in Charge.Mercy was formally opened on July 14, 1910, with nine beds, 15 physicians and 6 nurses in what was originally the 1866 home of Thomas McCaulley which was located on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street of Altoona.[8] In 1935, while facing financial difficulties and at the request of the hospital's board of directors, Mercy came to be managed by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Pittsburgh.[10] Altoona Regional is simultaneously exploring affiliation with 45-bed Nason Hospital in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania in order to form a single, county-wide health system.[15] Medical services offered by UPMC Altoona include:[16] Behavioral Health Black Lung Program Birth & Growth (Maternity) Breast Health Cancer Care Cardiac Care Center for Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Emergency Medicine HealthForce (Occupational Medicine) Imaging Services Institute for Sleep Medicine Neurosurgery Orthopedics Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Primary Care Walk-in Primary Stroke Center Surgical Services Telemedicine Trauma Service Wound Care and Ostomy Program The UPMC Altoona Hospital campus also contains the Glover Memorial Library, which is available to provide health-related information to patients and the community.