Elkton hospital completes merger with ChristianaCare

Union Hospital announced Thursday, Jan. 2 that it has finalized its merger with ChristianaCare Health System, its competitor across the Delaware border, after half a year of negotiations. Under the final agreement, Cecil County's only hospital joins with ChristianaCare's two hospitals —with the closest about 10 miles from downtown Elkton and the other in Wilmington — and now its first across the state line.