Overview
- ChristianaCare announced on May 29 that the Aston campus is set to open in early June but must pass a final Pennsylvania Department of Health inspection before admitting patients.
- The $50.9 million facility will house a 24/7, 10-bed emergency department with CT, x-ray, ultrasound, lab services and virtual specialty consults and is projected to serve about 15,000 patients a year.
- The Aston project is expected to create roughly 75 jobs and will staff many roles with former Crozer-Chester employees, with ChristianaCare saying about three-quarters of initial hires come from the closed system.
- A second-floor outpatient health center offering primary care, cardiology and other specialties is planned for fall 2026, and the Aston micro-hospital is the system’s second neighborhood hospital after West Grove with a Springfield campus planned for 2027.
- ChristianaCare has also absorbed five former Crozer outpatient sites in a roughly $50 million bankruptcy auction, a move that aims to restore local access to care and reduce pressure on nearby hospitals such as Riddle and Mercy Fitzgerald.