Bradford Hospital Emergency Department To Close This Weekend
- 4 days ago
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One of the two hospitals in McKean County will close its emergency department on Sunday, as the Bradford Regional Medical Center downgrades from a hospital to an outpatient center, worrying local residents.
Hospital leaders at New York-based Kaleida Health, which owns the Bradford hospital, said they're dropping several services in Bradford, including chemotherapy, its pharmacy and the emergency room. They cited escalating financial pressures, a shrinking rural population and Pennsylvania restrictions on outpatient emergency centers.
The next closest hospital emergency department is in Olean, New York, which is about a half hour away. The other McKean County hospital, UPMC Kane, is even farther away — about a 45 minute drive.
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