The Einstein Medical Center in Elkins Park held its final day of operations on Friday, June 30. 6ABC and The Philadelphia Inquirer covered the event.

6ABC’s video coverage is here:

From The Inquirer’s article:

Its plans to close the Elkins Park emergency room and its inpatient beds were first disclosed in 2020 during an antitrust trial that Jefferson won against the Federal Trade Commission, which tried to block the nonprofit health system’s acquisition of Einstein Healthcare Network.

Jefferson officials testified during the trial that the Elkins Park campus handled only 16,000 visits annually — or about 44 per day, a relatively light volume. The inpatient unit was typically only half full. More recent data were not available from public sources because the Elkins Park facility operates under Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia’s license.

For our previous coverage, you can click here.

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