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1. Hundreds swarm Hahnemann to protest closure, with Sanders campaign leading the call

Hundreds rallied in front of Hahnemann University Hospital Thursday in another day of protests opposing its planned closure. Police estimated that a crowd of 800 — the biggest turnout to date — gathered in front of the facility on Broad Street near Vine.

The rally took place just hours before the official start of hearings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington on a petition by Hahnemann’s owner for Chapter 11 reorganization. Philadelphia Academic Health System announced in late June that it would close the nearly 500-bed facility, which serves as the primary teaching hospital for Drexel University’s College of Medicine.

On Thursday, the protesters slammed Joel Freedman, the California investment banker who is president of Philadelphia Academic Health’s parent company, for what they see as an attempt to encroach on a vulnerable hospital and turn it into a valuable real estate opportunity.



Katrina Frasier, an EKG technician in cardiology who has worked at Hahnemann for 34 years, said the damage extends beyond the hospital’s more than 2,500 employees.


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https://whyy.org/articles/hundreds-swarm-hahnemann-to-protest-closure-with-sanders-campaign-leading-the-call/