Amid widespread medical disruptions caused by the recent closure of two hospitals in Chester County, a trio of state lawmakers want to require state approval for any purchase of a hospital or hospital system.
Geisinger is operating at 110 percent capacity in its nine hospitals located in central and northeastern Pennsylvania, with most COVID patients unvaccinated.
One of Pennsylvania’s largest health systems has run out of beds because of the latest covid-19 surge, with doctors and nurses practicing “waiting room medicine” on patients who are forced to endure 10- to 20-hour delays in the emergency department, officials said Wednesday. Geisinger is running at 110% capacity across
Geisinger’s facilities across the state are already overburdened with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients, and the health system’s CEO says he expects the situation to worsen.