Another Echo of the Fall of the House of AHERF: Hahnemann University Hospital to Close Its Doors, Stranding Patients, Leaving Trainees without an Educational Site, and Leaving Staff and Health Care Professionals Unemployed




Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. [George Santayana]


The impending closure of a big teaching hospital in Philadelphia did not get much national attention, but should have.

The Closing of Hahnemann University Hospital

On June 26, 2019, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported:


Hahnemann University Hospital will close in early September, with the wind-down of

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