Penn Medicine Plans To Buy Shuttered Brandywine Hospital In Chesco

COATESVILLE, PA —Penn Medicine is purchasing the shuttered Brandywine Hospital in western Chester County from Tower Health, Chester County commissioners said.

Brandywine Hospital closed on Jan. 31, 2022, after a proposed sale fell through. A purchase price for Brandywine Hospital was not available.

The transaction is expected to be complete by the end of 2023, officials said.

Chester County commissioners Tuesday applauded the new sale agreement.

“We are pleased that Tower Health has agreed to sell the former Brandywine Hospital to Penn Medicine,” Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline said in a joint statement.

The commissioners said a partnership between Penn Medicine and the Coatesville VA Medical Center precipitated the move by Penn Medicine to buy Brandywine Hospital from Tower Health.

“This outcome could not have been accomplished without partnerships – and persistence – at the state and federal level; tremendous support by our EMTs and other stakeholders, and our other hospitals in the county that have worked continuously since the closures to make sure that all health needs, including mental health needs, are met,” the commissioners said.

The commissioners Penn Medicine already provides top hospital and healthcare services in Chester County, and the expansion of that investment to the Coatesville and surrounding area is tremendous news.

Penn Medicine purchased Chester County Hospital in 2013.

“From the time Tower Health closed Brandywine and Jennersville Hospitals 18 months ago, we have focused on replacing the lost services with better services, to provide greater care for southern and western Chester County residents,” the commissioners said.

Jennersville Hospital in West Grove, which Tower Health also closed around the same time, was purchased by ChristianaCare in June 2022.

Tower Health also owns Phoenixville, Pottstown and Reading hospitals