Mayor Roland Hopkins told the Yeadon Borough Council caucus on May 8 that the recent closures of Crozer Chester and Crozer Taylor have reduced local hospital capacity and are likely to increase pressure on emergency and mental‑health services.

"Many of you have heard about the closing of Crozer Chester and Crozer Taylor, and that has happened, unfortunately," Hopkins said. He said Delaware County Memorial Hospital is "not totally open" and characterized the situation as one that leaves the borough with "only Mercy Fitzgerald in our immediate area" able to accept certain emergency patients.

Hopkins described an arrangement under which Mercy Fitzgerald will serve as a "clearinghouse" for emergency medical services: if borough EMS or police admit a patient there, Mercy Fitzgerald will evaluate and transfer the patient to an appropriate facility as needed. "So they're gonna serve as a clearinghouse," he said.

Hopkins raised broader concerns about closures of behavioral‑health beds in the region and the effect on police, fire and EMS responses. "This is a big deal because they've closed a lot of the mental hospitals. There's not much left," he said, adding that county and state officials and the University of Pennsylvania had been involved in efforts to address the closures.

Council President Latoya Monroe and other officials reminded residents that the county has set up a hotline and an online resource for people seeking information about services and closures. Hopkins closed his report by asking the community to "keep praying for that."