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Chester County Hospital Closures Create Health Care ‘Desert,’ Longer Ambulance Rides

Hospitals closing in Chester County have caused issues for emergency responders.
Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
Hospitals closing in Chester County have caused issues for emergency responders.

Hospital closures in Chester County have created a health care desert, which has led to dangerously long ambulance rides to overcrowded emergency rooms.

WHYY’s Kenny Cooper rode with first responders and their patients inside their ambulances during lengthy trips to one of the last few hospitals standing.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 1/3/23)

Kenny Cooper is WHYY’s suburban reporter covering Montgomery and Delaware counties. He joined WHYY in November 2020. Kenny, a Montgomery County native, graduated in 2020 from Temple University with a BA in journalism and political science.