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Leapfrog Group gave D safety grades to Phoenixville and Pottstown hospitals in its spring report, while Chester County Hospital and Paoli Hospital received A s. (Shutterstock)
PHOENIXVILLE, PA Hospital safety grades from Leapfrog were low for several Tower Health hospitals in Chester County, including Phoenixville Hospital, Brandywine Hospital, and Pottstown Hospital.
The three facilities were awarded grades of D by the Leapfrog Group, an organization the performs regular assessments of hospitals. Numerous Pennsylvania hospitals received top safety marks while others didn t quite measure up in The Leapfrog Group s annual spring safety grades.
The nonprofit health care watchdog group grades hospitals twice a year, assigning letter grades from A to F based on each hospital s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.
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Lawrence K. Leong, 81, of Lower Moreland, was a dedicated family man and longtime teacher. (Courtesy of family)
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LOWER MORELAND, PA Lawrence K. Leong beloved husband, father, and teacher passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of February 12, 2021. He was at his home in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, with his whole family, wife Lee and sons Kevin and Davin. He was eighty-one.
Born in Singapore to his father Yong Mon Leong and mother Yin Peng Lee, Larry grew up the eldest of four children. He was a natural teacher and lifelong learner, studying at Singapore s Raffles Institution and Teachers Training College before traveling, in 1964, to the United States ( with forty dollars in my pocket ) to pursue more study with the help of contacts from his home church, Life Bible-Presbyterian Church.