DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — A Texas judge ruled Monday afternoon that Prospect Medical Holdings, the now-bankrupt company that once owned four Delaware County hospitals, is approved to legally abandon two of them, after struggles to sell the properties.
Prospect Medical Holdings will retain ownership of Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Upper Darby and Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, but the millions in unpaid taxes won’t be its responsibility.
Originally, Delaware County, Ridley Park, and Upper Darby townships filed objections to the abandonment, but after Prospect said it could provide fire systems and security, all but Upper Darby were satisfied…