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DelCo and ChesCo Hospitals Are In Crisis

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How Crozer and Tower Health’s Closures Are Impacting Main Line Health – And Ambulance Squads

With staffing shortages, rising costs and an influx of patients, hospitals in Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties face financial crunches that threaten their survival.

by Davis Giangiulio, Managing Editor

Angela Neopolitano outside Delaware County Memorial Hospital.

How Did We Get Here?

Neopolitano leading a protest outside DCMH.

The EMS Crisis

Paramedics still respond to every 911 medical call, but they are stretched thin as they crisscross the suburbs transporting patients to open hospitals, said Julian “JP” Watras, president of the Crozer Chester Paramedic Association. “It’s not uncommon for the closest paramedic to be halfway across the county,” Watras said. “If you’re the only truck in the county, you’re going where the need is.”

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Julian “JP” Watras, president of the Crozer Chester Paramedic Association
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The Narberth Ambulance Squad

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