Ambulances, Anger And A Ticking Clock As Chester Grapples With Crozer Collapse

Neighbors and local officials packed into a Chester meeting yesterday, turning a community forum into a status check on what life looks like after the Crozer Health shutdowns. Organized by One Pennsylvania, the gathering quickly became a running tally of what residents say they have lost: longer ambulance rides, outpatient clinics that shut their doors before dinnertime, and a nagging fear about what happens when a true emergency hits. Mayor Stefan Roots told the crowd he has been tracking the sale of the former hospital site and stressed that the city will keep its contracted ambulance coverage in place through April, when the current agreement expires. Nearly a year after the hospitals closed in May 2025, the message in the room was blunt: access to care still feels…..

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