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BumRushDaShow

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4. I hope this is successful
Mon Mar 27, 2023, 08:09 PM
Mar 2023

because this kind of crap has gutted Philly of its hospitals - most recent and notable being Hahnemann. In fact I just found a long-form article on that fiasco in New Yorker mag published in 2021 - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/07/the-death-of-hahnemann-hospital




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A cautionary tale on the unchecked growth of private equity in healthcare. Must read @NewYorker article on private equity and the closure of Hahnemann Hospital.

https://newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/07/the-death-of-hahnemann-hospital?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned
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9:07 PM · Jun 1, 2021




Aside from the article's description at the beginning with a claim of where the hospital was located (and no, it wasn't "on the edge of North Philadelphia" - it was right downtown), it overlooked I-676 -



and was relatively close to I-95 and also had a heliport on the roof for air ambulances (also not mentioned in the article), so had a steady stream of car accident victims and during the '80s, had become a Level 1 Trauma Center.



But it did become a "catch all" hospital after PGH (Philadelphia General Hospital) closed (which happened over 45 years ago) and when the vultures got to it, they milked it and milked and destroyed it.

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