Healthcare
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Chester Springs Man in Position to Save Thousands of Lives
Chester Springs resident Richard Hasz, the new CEO of Gift of Life, the organ procurement nonprofit based in Philadelphia, has helped to save thousands of lives since he joined the organization in 1993, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. Hasz, who has a degree in biology and a master’s in forensic science, has helped…
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Across the State, the COVID-19 Death Rate Varied Some, but One County Was Absolutely Decimated
As the COVID-19 situation continues to quieten, statisticians are now looking at the impact locally, regionally, and nationally. The Philadelphia collar counties, it turned out, recorded some of the lowest COVID-19-related death rates in the state. However, one Pa. community was hit worse than almost any other county nationwide. Phil Galewitz revealed which one in…
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‘We Believe Something Good Is Going to Happen’: County Commissioners Bullish on Prospect of Reopening Hospitals
The Chester County Commissioners said there is an “excellent” chance of reopening the shuttered Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals as other local healthcare facilities are seeing a tidal wave of patients as a result of their recent closures, writes Fran Maye for the Daily Local News. At the annual State of the County, the commissioners told…
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‘Transformative’ Gift from Chesterbrook-Based Exec and His Wife to Start Cancer Immunotherapy Center at CHOP
Philanthropists Susan and Steve Kelly, longtime supporters of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, are helping to establish the Susan S. and Stephen P. Kelly Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “We are honored our gift will help CHOP and Dr. Stephan Grupp to unlock the tremendous potential of cancer…
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‘Kindness and Hope Even in Dark Times’: Chester County Hospital’s Donation Drive Aids War-Torn Ukraine
Not long after Russian forces invaded Ukraine and initiated the largest military assault on a European country since World War II, the staff at Chester County Hospital knew it wanted to help the Ukrainians in any and every way it could. Senior leaders and other hospital employees immediately launched a donation drive that local doctors’…
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Delaware’s Largest Healthcare System Acquires Pair of Primary-Care Practices in Southern Chester County
ChristianaCare, a healthcare system based in Newark, Del., has acquired two primary-care practices in southern Chester County previously affiliated with Tower Health. One is in Jennersville, and the other is in West Grove, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Some insiders predicted that ChristianaCare — Delaware’s largest, most advanced healthcare system — would try to purchase…
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After ‘COVID Devastated Skin at a Global Level,’ Kennett’s Genesis HealthCare Seizes Opportunity to Transform
Kennett Square-based Genesis HealthCare is looking to add around 200 wound care experts nationwide as part of its newly launched program that aims to boost skin health and improve wound prevention and treatment, writes Kimberly Marselas for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. “COVID devastated skin at a global level,” said Jeanine Maguire, vice president of skin…
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Closing of Coatesville VA Medical Center Only a Recommendation; ‘Many Twists and Turns’ to Follow
While the recent Department of Veterans Affairs plan calls for the closure of the Coatesville VA Medical Center, it is still in the initial phase and may change significantly before implementation, write Kenny Cooper and Alan Yu for WHYY. “There’s going to be many twists and turns,” said Joe Brooks, executive director of the Veterans…
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Coatesville VA Medical Center May Be Closing
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs aims to close 17 medical centers across the country, including the one in Coatesville, writes Patricia Kime for Military.com. The department’s recently unveiled plan also calls for the shift of services to more than 30 new or rebuilt hospitals. In some cases, private care would be relied upon. King…
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After Closing Two Hospitals in Chester County, Tower Health Remains in Debt More Than $1 Billion
Tower Health managed to more than halve its net loss to $65.6 million in the first half of fiscal 2022, but the Reading-based health system remains in the red, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. During the same period in fiscal 2021, the owner of Phoenixville Hospital and recently closed Jennersville and Brandywine…
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Prospective Buyer of Jennersville, Brandywine Hospitals Throws in the Towel
Canyon Atlantic Partners has decided to end litigation in Common Pleas Court with Tower Health to force the financially struggling health system to sell Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals, so it could reopen them, writes Michael P. Rellahan for the Daily Local News. This means that Chester County will remain without these two medical facilities that…
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‘A Shift in Our Reason for Being’: Med-Tech Company in Malvern Transforms Itself Two Years After Going Public
Tela Bio, a medical technology company in Malvern, is starting a transformation process two years after going public, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “There’s going to be a shift in the company’s positioning and reason for being,” said Tela Bio CEO Antony Koblish. “We are expanding from being a soft tissue reconstruction…
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Development Deal Will Cause Norristown State Hospital Campus Residents to Lose Their Home & Services
People with serious mental illness currently living on the Norristown State Hospital campus are set to lose their home and support services in June in a development deal, writes Brett Sholtis for WHYY. While the state said it is working with counties to place the around two dozen patients in other programs, county mental health…
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Development Deal Will Cause Norristown State Hospital Campus Residents to Lose Their Home & Services
People with serious mental illness currently living on the Norristown State Hospital campus are set to lose their home and support services in June in a development deal, writes Brett Sholtis for WHYY. While the state said it is working with counties to place the around two dozen patients in other programs, county mental health…
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Canyon Atlantic Misses Key Deadline in Bid to Buy Jennersville, Brandywine Hospitals. What Happens Now?
Canyon Atlantic Partners missed a key deadline in a bid to buy Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Canyon failed to post the $1 million bond required by a Chester County judge on Feb. 14, wherein he gave the company three months to work on buying the hospitals from Tower…
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Only These Three School Districts in Chester County Have Enrolled in the State’s Free COVID-19 Testing Program
Despite low child vaccination rates and spikes in the number of coronavirus infections, Pennsylvania schools have been slow to take advantage of the state’s free COVID-19 tests. Here in Chester County, only three are participating, according to Jamie Martines’s report in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Only 750 out of the more than 5,000 charter, private, and…
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Collaboration at Its Finest: How Chester County Hospital and Penn Medicine Join Forces in Hyperbaric Medicine
From the hairs on your head to the soles of your feet, every single cell in your body requires oxygen to survive. It fuels all living processes, including making energy, powering your muscles, and healing wounds. Fortunately, every time you take a breath, you breathe in air that’s made up of about 21 percent of…
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Cancer Survivor Bryanna Brown an Inspiration to Her Lincoln University Teammates
Cancer survivor Bryanna Brown has been an inspiration to her basketball teammates at Lincoln University and is now hoping to lead them to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) tournament championship. Neil Geoghegan netted Brown’s inspiring story for the Daily Local News. Brown discovered a mass in her breasts in 2018, a few months after…
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