After several years without emergency medical services, southern Chester County has a new hospital and emergency room in Jennersville. The facility was opened during a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Rep. John Lawrence (R-Chester), ChristianaCare senior leaders, elected officials, local business leaders, township officials, and contractors.
Rep. Lawrence described his efforts to restore hospital care to the area after the previous facility closed at the end of 2021. “For the past several years, my No.1 priority has been bringing emergency room and hospital care back to Jennersville,” said Lawrence. “Working together with local, county, state and federal officials, and the leadership team at ChristianaCare, today we celebrate an incredible milestone for southern Chester County with the opening of a brand-new hospital with a brand-new emergency room to serve our community.”
Lawrence recounted organizing an early meeting with ChristianaCare leaders and then-Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter soon after the closure. “Shortly after the hospital closed at the end of 2021, I organized a meeting with key leaders at ChristianaCare and then-Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter,” added Lawrence. “We met just down the road from where we are standing today to talk about what it would take to bring hospital care and an ER back to this area. Today, we celebrate the fruition of the seeds planted at those early meetings – a state-of-the-art health care facility that will serve our community for the next generation.”
Following Tower Health’s decision to end services in Jennersville, Lawrence reached out directly to ChristianaCare’s senior leadership to discuss possible solutions. These discussions led to ChristianaCare purchasing the hospital complex in June 2022. Instead of reopening the old facility as it was, ChristianaCare chose to rebuild entirely within the existing building shell.
Lawrence thanked ChristianaCare for their involvement: “I am very grateful to the entire leadership team at ChristianaCare, who have been some of the most kind and professional people I have had the pleasure of working with,” said Lawrence. “On behalf of a grateful community, thank you ChristianaCare for investing in West Grove, and thank you for your commitment to southern Chester County.”
The new hospital is expected to provide modern healthcare facilities for residents in southern Chester County.
