By Ximena Conde – WHYY
July 12, 2019
Hundreds rallied in front of Hahnemann University Hospital
Thursday in another day of protests opposing its planned closure. Police
estimated that a crowd of 800 — the biggest turnout to date — gathered in front
of the facility on Broad Street near Vine.
The rally took place just hours before the official start of
hearings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington on a petition by Hahnemann’s
owner for Chapter 11 reorganization. Philadelphia Academic Health System (PAHS)
announced in late June that it would close the nearly 500-bed facility, which
serves as the primary teaching hospital for Drexel University’s College of
Medicine.
On Thursday, the protesters slammed Joel Freedman,
the California investment banker who is president of Philadelphia Academic
Health’s parent company, for what they see as an attempt to encroach on a
vulnerable hospital and turn it into a valuable real estate opportunity.
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