The lawyers of Prospect Medical Holdings warned a federal judge in Texas on Thursday about the possible Closure of the entire Crozer health system in Pennsylvania.
The judge did not make the decision. Instead, she called on all the games to meet next week in the hope of keeping the Crozer-Check medical center, Taylor Hospital and other ambulatory facilities and open doctors’ offices. The meeting could occur on Monday. Another hearing is scheduled for Tuesday before the Federal Court.
Prospect Medical Holdings says that there is only enough money to keep hospitals open until March 14.
Painful development occurs while Pennsylvania, county of Delaware and the city of Chester are fighting to keep the health system open. Last month, the system was Deleted from his parent company, Prospect Medical Holdingsand placed in the reception. The county of Delaware and the state provided $ 20 million at that time to operate the system. Most of this money has disappeared.
The creation of the list of concerns at the moment for several officials is care for patients in the future for the inhabitants of Chester City and the southern Delaware.
“When you call 911, we will be there to help you, we just don’t know where we are going to take you,” said a source at CBS News Philadelphia.
Managers worked to locate a new owner. These efforts, according to sources, failed.
County sources say the health system employs nearly 3,000 people. Sources indicate that the hospital may miss the pay.
The hospital is also entirely found in the High Land district, and a closure would create a huge loss of tax revenue for the community.
Medical Holdings Prospect bankrupt January 11. The for -profit company had been prosecuted by the Pennsylvania Attorney General In October, alleging poor management and negligence.
“The bankruptcy in Texas, huh? Tifice in Texas for a hospital here in the city of Chester,” said Mayor Stefan Roots. “I just left the center for the elderly here in the city of Chester, and I gave them the news that it does not seem good, that their hospital leaves.
The emails sent to a spokesperson for Crozer asking for comments did not receive an immediate response.
In a statement, the Delaware County Legislative Delegation said that the Crozer health system is closing would be a “cheeky attack on access to health care” in the region.
“It is not only a question of removing 400 hospital beds, refusing 25,000 admissions to the hospital and abandoning more than 75,000 emergency patients in the county of Delaware – it is a full crisis which endangers emergency services along the corridor of the i -95, the Materneaux hospitals who exceed already external hospitals,” said the delegation declaration.
Peggy Malone, president of the nursing union in Crozer, said that she was scandalized at the turn of Thursday’s events.
“They will not close these doors. It is our hospital. These are our employees. Are you not cold here? Because how many patients live in the street? How many of our patients come to our emergencies for food and for clothes?” Said Malone. “I have two bags for colleagues because I have a few patients who are in the hospital psychiatric unit who have no clothes. They don’t have shoes. And you think they can go 30 minutes for (Mercy Fitzgerald)? Twenty minutes to enigm? Forty minutes in Penn? They can’t go anywhere.”
The Crozer Union is a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, which also shared a declaration urging the system to remain open.
“With health resources already tense in the region, the loss of Crozer’s health establishments would exacerbate existing challenges, endangering lives and making hospitals and emergency services heard more,” the statement said.
Pennsylvania’s prosecutor General Dave said in a statement on Sunday that his office “remains fully committed to doing what it takes to save this health care system”.
“The closure of the Crozer health system is a avoidable parody. I am grateful that the President judge also sees the urgency to explore all the options and made a prescription convening all the parties for a meeting on Sunday afternoon,” said on Sunday in a statement.
What’s going on if Crozer-Checking Medical Center, Taylor Hospital Close?
A big question with the possible closure of the Crozer-Checking Center and the Taylor Hospital in the county of Delaware, Pennsylvania, is what happens to the thousands of patients who depend on it. Nearby hospitals say they will help coordinate care, but there are still many questions and no specific answers.
One thing is certain, there is a lot of frustration and anger, including the governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro.
“I am bored by the presence of investment capital in our healthcare space,” said Shapiro.
Shapiro is angry with the imminent closure of the Crozer health system, as is the Dr. Monica Taylor, president of the Council of the county of Delaware.
“We are disappointed, angry,” said Taylor. “We have seen it happening. When you have a for -profit goal that has a hospital, they always think about people.”
Taylor says that thousands of patients will be affected by closing the only trauma establishment in the county.
“We have no details,” said Taylor. “I would say that it does not leave a safe environment for a community. It is a safety security hospital and a community that will now have a lack of access to care.”
The Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital will be one of the county of the county.
In a statement, the hospital managers said that it was “ready to manage an influx of hospitalized patients and visits to emergency services, and with the support and collaboration of the local government (we) can ensure the alignment of our resources and capacities”.
Shapiro stressed other larger hospital systems, the health of the main line and Penn medicine, and said they should do more.
“I am bored that our health care facilities in the Philly region do not show up to do more,” said Shapiro. “Instead of this problem land at their door, they should be more affirmative and intervene and do more.”
Main Line Health has two hospitals, Riddle and Lankenau, who are close to Crozer.
A hand declaration Line Health indicates that it has prepared for the closure of Crozer and “worked with regional health systems, as well as the Govenor office, the Pennsylvania Ministry of Health and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office to ensure coverage of uninterrupted health care for the County Community of Delaware.”
In a statement, Penn Medicine said: “Penn Medicine’s doors are always open to patients in need. With our health care colleagues in the region, we will work to ensure smooth transitions in care for all patients who can be affected by this potential closure.”
For patients and families worried about care, the county of Delaware has created a Website to answer. There is also a line of well-being. You can call 484-276-2100.
