Chester has no family doctors, said Mayor Stefan Roots, stressing the healthcare crisis still facing the city since Crozer Health’s closing.
The mayor spoke at an event Saturday organized by the nonprofit advocacy group, the Chester chapter of One Pennsylvania, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times.
City residents no longer have access to nearby medical care since the Crozer Health system was shuttered from a bankruptcy filed by the for-profit Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., which owned Crozer Chester Medical Center and three other Delaware County hospitals.
Last month, Crozer Chester was purchased by Chariot Equities and Allaire Health Services with the intent of restoring health services there.
Mayor Roots said he was “really impressed” after seeing their plans for bringing healthcare back to the area.
He said, “If they accomplish what they are looking to accomplish, it will reimagine how health care should be delivered in communities like ours.”
The new owners of Crozer Chester are talking with all of the major healthcare systems in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware.
Listening sessions with community members will start in April.
The downside is it will take a couple of years and money to put a new facility into place.
Read about the healthcare difficulties facing Chester in the Daily Times.
