Word of Delaware County Hospital Closing Triggers Reactions
Employees of Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH) are receiving their layoff notices as the hospital prepares to close in two months, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times.
Crozer Health CEO Anthony Esposito said hospital workers will be offered jobs elsewhere in the Crozer Health network. Those who remain will receive retention bonuses.
State Sen. Tim Kearney (D-26) called the closure a “reprehensible abandonment of our communities,” threatening the lives of nearby patients, and the hospitals that will now have to take DCMH’s patents.
“In the wealthiest country in the world, it is outrageous that we can’t keep open basic health services because of for-profit looting and mismanagement. This country needs serious healthcare reform,” he said.
Upper Darby Mayor Barbarann Keffer said high level conversations are continuing with Crozer to provide needed services. Ambulance services will continue uninterrupted to all Upper Darby residents and there’s a possibility of preserving the ER as well, she said.
DCMH is a community hospital that’s been around almost 100 years serving an underserved and poorer population where many didn’t have cars to reach other hospitals, said Angela Neopolitano, president of the Delaware County Memorial Hospital Nurses Association.
Read more at the Daily Times about reaction to the closing of Delaware County Memorial Hospital.
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