A Chester County Court of Common Pleas judge on Monday ordered Tower Health to restart the process of selling the shuttered Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals to Canyon Atlantic Partners LLC.
The original deal struck between the two companies in November collapsed the following month. At the time, a Tower Health spokesperson said Canyon had “not demonstrated the necessary regulatory and operational preparedness, nor validated its financial ability, to complete this transaction.” Jennersville ultimately closed in December in what some warned could be the makings of a “health care desert” in Chester County.
Canyon first asked for an injunction on Jan. 19, arguing Tower had violated the terms of their previous agreement by scratching the deal without advanced notice. Then, Brandywine Hospital closed on Jan. 31, leaving some community members pessimistic that either facility would return.
Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals are now both closed. A new task force aims to keep services going, while another group wants the courts to intervene.
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Now, Judge Edward Griffith has resuscitated hope that the two hospitals could open their doors once again. In his 10-page order obtained by the Daily Local News, Griffith wrote that Canyon’s legal argument was justified. Citing harm to Canyon and the Chester County community, he deemed Tower’s cancellation of the deal as “null and void.”
