ChristianaCare’s Aston micro-hospital is officially open
The new micro-hospital opened for business on June 2.
ChristianaCare’s Aston micro-hospital officially opened its doors Tuesday.
The new hospital, at 700 Turner Industrial Way, includes a 10-bed emergency department open around the clock. It will serve an estimated 15,000 patients a year.
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A health center with primary care, cardiology, and other specialty services is expected to open on the building’s second floor this fall.
The Aston hospital is one of two micro-hospitals the Delaware-based health system has planned for the area. A second, in Springfield, is slated to open next year.
Micro-hospitals, also called neighborhood hospitals, are designed to bring care to communities without a major medical center. They can treat patients in most medical emergencies, and stabilize and transfer those who need more advanced care.
The new Aston facility is expected to serve patients affected by last year’s closure of Crozer-Chester Medical Center, located about four miles away. Crozer had operated a level II trauma center and burn unit, in addition to the county’s busiest emergency department.
The next-closest hospitals, Riddle Hospital in Media and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, have since seen an increase in patients.
About three-quarters of the Aston campus’s 75 staff are former Crozer employees.
