Five years ago today UPMC officially entered the Lancaster County health care market through a merger with Harrisburg-based Pinnacle Health, which operated Lancaster Regional Medical Center in Lancaster city and
And as a result, the proposed $90 million mixed-use project will have one less use.
The shuffle was disclosed Wednesday at a city Planning Commission meeting, when co-developers HDC MidAtlantic and Washington Place Equities presented a sketch plan to get the panelâs feedback, an early step in a thorough and multi-faceted review and approval process by the city that will take months.
Though no vote was taken, the commissionâs reaction was largely favorable. Commission member Maxine Cook said sheâs hopeful that the redevelopment will turn out to âbe good for the communityâ and provide âopportunities to thrive.â âHear, hear!â added commission member Jon Lyons.
Hospital birth information suggests that didnât happen in Lancaster County.
The countyâs three hospital systems â Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, UPMC Lititz and WellSpan Health â recorded 6,145 births in 2020. Thatâs slightly more than the 6,086 births in 2019, a roughly 1% increase, but less than the 6,259 in 2018.
Hospital births account for the majority of babies born in Lancaster County but not all.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has not yet released 2020 data.
LNP | LancasterOnline was able to examine births from the countyâs health systems going back only to 2018, the year after UPMC acquired the Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center.