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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
5 former Crozer Health outpatient facilities to be purchased by Delaware-based healthcare system
The Brief Five former Crozer Health outpatient facilities in Delaware County are being purchased by Delaware-based ChristianaCare for $50.3 million. Services will include medical offices, ambulatory surgery, imaging and specialty care. The health system is also building three neighborhood hospitals in Delaware and Chester counties. BROOMALL, Pa. - Good news on the healthcare front in Delaware County as some of the shuttered Crozer Health facilities will soon reopen under a new name. Delaware-based ChristianaCare has agreed to buy outpatient operations closed after the bankruptcy of Crozer Health. This is much-needed news for the county. What we know Five former Crozer Health outpatient facilities will soon reopen under a new name. Delaware-based ChristianaCare continues its northern expansion after it was the successful bidder in a "highly competitive" bankruptcy court auction to take over the operations of the former Crozer Health outpatient locations in Delaware County. "I would say it's a really good day for Delaware County residents. Because we will be able to provide important services in that community," said Jennifer Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer for ChristianaCare. The offices will have "a mix of medical practices, ambulatory surgery, imaging and other specialty services and our goal is to continue to operate those services and enhance those services," said Schwartz. Local perspective The new ChristianaCare facilities will be located at: 300 Evergreen Dr., Glen Mills, Pa. 500 Evergreen Dr., Glen Mills, Pa. 2010 West Chester Pike, Havertown, Pa. 30 Lawrence Rd., Broomall, Pa. 200 E. State St., Media, Pa. By the numbers The purchase does not include Crozer Chester Medical Center or Taylor Hospital. Crozer Health's parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January. According to a company statement "the sale is expected to close in the near future, subject to court approval. The total winning bid was $50.3 million." ChristianaCare was one of Crozer's closest neighbors. The company says it's been engaged with Pennsylvania officials and healthcare partners for months planning the healthcare needs of the Delaware County community. What they're saying "A pocket of joy in a hard situation because these hospitals are getting hit hard," said Kim O'Connor of Broomall. "I think it's good for doctors to be coming back. That's good for our community. Doctors are something we all need," said Shant Sarkahian of Broomall. For ChristianaCare, it continues a major Pennsylvania expansion. The healthcare system is about to open a 10-bed "neighborhood hospital" and medical center in West Grove; another one is under construction in Aston. And a third Delco site has yet to be announced. "We are very focused on bringing care into the communities. Into the home in some instances. Building that network of care. Care is moving out of hospitals and into different settings because that's what people want," Schwartz added. Big picture view If the sale is approved by the court, the facilities could be back in operation over the next 30 to 60 days. ChristianaCare tells FOX 29 it has "no plans" to purchase the former Crozer Chester Medical Center or Taylor hospitals.
CBS News
21-05-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Delaware County mother thanks paramedics who saved her baby outside closed Crozer-Chester Medical Center
A Delaware County woman is reliving the frightening moments after her baby had a medical emergency outside Crozer-Chester Medical Center. In an exclusive interview with CBS News Philadelphia, Shaniqua Whitaker, of Marcus Hook, said she was at work at the time and her 5-month-old daughter, Shyanne Glen, was with her aunt. "They just called and said she wasn't breathing and my heart just dropped," Whitaker said. The medical emergency happened last week as a news conference outside the hospital in Upland, hosted by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, was wrapping up. Dai'shanik Dickerson, Shyanne's aunt, said she was driving to Hobby Lobby with her niece in the back seat when she noticed something was wrong. Dickerson pulled over next to a group of paramedics and police officers who were gathered for the news conference. "When the officer took [Shyanne] from my hands, she was weak at the point, and he patted her aggressively twice in the back, and she let out the noise," Dickerson said. "And that was like a breath of fresh air for me." Even though Shyanne was at Crozer, she couldn't be admitted for treatment because the hospital has been shut down for weeks as its parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings, deals with bankruptcy. CBS Philadelphia VMSC Emergency Medical Services, whose staff members were on scene, took Shyanne by ambulance to Nemours Children's Hospital in Wilmington, a 20-minute drive away, where she was given a diagnosis. "They said it was an episode called BRUE, where it's like a brief resolved unexplained episode where babies will stop breathing for a brief moment," Whitaker said. Whitaker fears what could have happened if paramedics hadn't been in the right place at the right time. "It's fortunate that she [my daughter] was okay, but not everyone is going to have the same, you know, outcome," Whitaker said. "Thank you to the paramedics, to the cop who helped do the baby Heimlich, who got her to breathe again." Whitaker said her scare speaks to the potential consequences of a growing healthcare desert in Delaware County. "I couldn't imagine if something would have happened to my sister's only child, my only niece," Dickerson.
