Sarah Gantz

4 days ago | inquirer.com | Sarah Gantz

Suburban Community Hospital struggled to keep enough staff on duty last year, at times resulting dangerous delays in care. The hospital is now in its final days before being converted to a 15-bed behavioral health center that will operate under the license of its sister hospital, Roxborough Memorial Hospital, beginning July 1.

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Sarah Gantz

CPR can be lifesaving when a baby stops breathing — but only if it’s done properly. Paramedics must push down hard enough on the infant’s chest to manually squeeze blood from the heart through the rest of the body, but not so hard that they risk puncturing an organ. They need to pump at a quicker clip than they would to resuscitate an adult, but not too fast.

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Sarah Gantz

Luka Krizanac marveled earlier this week, when he stuck his hands under a sink faucet: The water was too cold, his body felt the icy jolt, and instinctively pulled his hands back out. It had been 16 years since he felt such sensations. His arms and legs were amputated when he was 12 to save him from a life-threatening infection. Last fall, the 28-year-old cameto the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from his home in Switzerland for a rare double hand transplant surgery.

2 weeks ago | ems1.com | Sarah Gantz

By Sarah GantzThe Philadelphia InquirerRADNOR, Pa. — Even before Crozer-Chester Medical Center closed last month, nearby hospitals were already feeling the impact of financial woes at the beleaguered safety net provider, which operated Delaware County’s busiest emergency department and only Level 1 trauma center. Crozer-Chester Medical Center and its sister hospital, Taylor Hospital, closed in May after years of financial turmoil and mismanagement by owner Prospect Medical Holdings.

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Sarah Gantz

Pennsylvania’s Department of Health visited Chestnut Hill Hospital half a dozen times to investigate potential safety problems between June 2024 and March 2025, but did not cite the hospital with any violations. The Philadelphia hospital is owned by Temple Health. Here’s a look at the publicly available details:July 29: Inspectors investigated a complaint but found the hospital was in compliance. Complaint details are not made public when inspectors determine it was unfounded. Nov.