Ridley Park, Delaware County, has declared an emergency with Crozer Health facing a possible closure. The declaration gives officials the power to hire temporary workers and buy supplies needed for residents' well-being. Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital could close this coming week. Crozer serves hundreds of thousands of people in Delaware County. A closure would impact not just residents but also add a strain on other medical facilities in the area.
People with EID titles will now have “Belonging” titles, according to the notice sent this week. Internal and external websites related to the EID office will also be updated.
Catholic Health, which owns Good Samaritan Hospital, says it has a 'strong partnership' with its neighbors and has worked to keep them informed while addressing their concerns.
Amid a potential shutdown, the CEO of the Crozer Health system in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is stepping down. Crozer CEO Tony Esposito announced that he will step down on Friday after five and a half years as the CEO. "It has been an honor to serve alongside this talented team, and I want to thank each of you for the dedication that you bring to caring for our patients and the Delaware County community day in and day out," Esposito wrote in the email in part.
As healthcare gets more costly, and hospitals close in rural regions, states have moved to allow controversial, anti-competitive mergers of existing healthcare systems. Virginia is one of 18 states that allows such mergers, and a bipartisan effort that sailed through the 2025 session could see those mergers become more frequent. Virginia has a law that allows competing health systems to merge with the approval of the legislature. The only such system created in Virginia is Ballad Health, a network of 20 hospitals in the state's southwestern corner.
President Trump "exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit," according to White House physician Capt. Sean Barbabella. The White House released Trump's three-page medical report Sunday morning following the president's annual physical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday.