Berks County-based Tower Health is coming to the aid of medical residents and fellows impacted by the closing of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Hahnemann announced Wednesday plans to transfer the majority of the residency and fellowship programs at Hahnemann and Drexel University to Tower Health, which is headquartered in West Reading.
Under a letter of intent, Tower Health will assume responsibility for the continued training of residents and fellows, while giving those physicians the right to be placed in one of Tower Health’s six hospitals — Reading, Brandywine, Chestnut Hill, Jennersville, Phonexiville or Pottstown.
“We welcome the residents and fellows to Tower Health and look forward to working with them,” said Clint Matthews, Tower Health’s president and CEO. “We are committed to our academic affiliation with Drexel University and providing a high-quality training program for residents and fellows.”
Tower Health’s partnership with Drexel already includes a four-year medical school campus that is currently under construction in Wyomissing. Ground was broken on June 17. It’s expected to open to 200 students at the start of the 2021-2022 school year.
“This is a natural next step in the growing relationship between Tower Health and Drexel University, which includes our recently announced 20-year academic affiliation and the initiative to explore combining the Tower Health Medical Group and Drexel University Physicians practices,” said John Fry, the president of Drexel University.
Tower Health posted on its website Wednesday that it will hold a series of open houses for Hahnemann University Hospital residents at Reading Hospital on Thursday and Saturday and at Chestnut Hill Hospital on Friday. Those interested in attending an open house and register on Tower Health’s website.
“Additionally, we want to make this transition as easy as possible for residents and will provide a number of benefits, including free onsite housing for physicians training at Reading Hospital, free meals while in any Tower Health hospital, and other amenities to assist them and their families,” Matthews said.
Tower Health said it will also provide housing support and job placement assistance for spouses and significant others.
As for Hahnemann, its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June. The 495-bed hospital said it would close in September, but it has already curtailed some of its services, including its trauma center. All non-emergency surgeries and procedures are set to end on Friday.
The letter of intent has been submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for approval. The proposed transfer is scheduled to be competed by August 1.
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