PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Tower Health is laying off 150 employees and closing Pottstown Hospital’s ICU, cancer units, and other smaller departments, in a move that has drawn the ire of local politicians.
The Pottstown workers represent a large portion of a 350-person layoff across the Tower Health network announced last week.
State Sen. Tracy Pennycuick says she and Rep. Joe Ciresi have been having discussions with the Berks County-based health network about the future of Pottstown Hospital for months, and she felt blindsided by the announcement…