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Hospitals Affected By Storm

Posted: 9:03 am EST February 10,2010Updated: 12:15 pm EST February 10,2010

Local hospitals are being forced to make changes as a result of the winter storm.

St. Joseph Medical Center has closed outpatient satellite facilities.

St. Joseph's main campus in Bern Township, Berks County is open.

The downtown Reading campus at 6th and Walnut streets, including the Urgent Care center, is closed.

Urgent Care in Elverson, Chester County is also closed.

WorkCare, St. Joe's health care program for businesses, is not open. Patients who need care, however, can be seen in the Bern Township emergency room and Fast Track.

The public can call 610-378-2110 for updates on Urgent Care opening/hours.

Reading Hospital and Medical Center has closed the following today:

All outpatient locations (laboratory & imaging), QuickCare, and Urgent Care Centers are closed
Center for Mental Health Outpatient Services
Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine Center
The Reading Hospital at Wyomissing Plaza - outpatient occupational, physical, and speech therapy
Lymphodema Clinic
Outpatient Nutrition Services
Infusion Center (E-Ground)
Reading Health Dispensary
Children's Health Center
A4 Adult Outpatient Health Center
Center for Public Health
Reading Health Dispensary at Second Street
Women's Health Center
Records Release Center


St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network closed its outpatient service facilities. Outpatient facilities include laboratory services, clinics, urgent care facilities, women’s imaging, women’s health centers and perinatal centers.

St. Luke’s Hospital – Allentown and Bethlehem campuses, as well as St. Luke’s Miners Memorial Hospital and St. Luke’s Quakertown Hospital, remain open. Emergency departments at all four hospitals remain open to provide emergency care.

If you are scheduled for a study, procedure, or test and have a question regarding your appointment, call the phone number provided to you with your instructions for direction or call the hospital operator for assistance.

The St. Luke’s facilities that are closed are the following:

Allentown
St. Luke’s Allentown Family Practice at 1501 Lehigh Street (Family Practice, Laboratory Services)
KidsCare – 1227 Liberty Street
Women’s Health Center – 1837 Linden Street
St. Luke’s Perinatal Center – Webster Place at 1837 West Linden Street, Allentown (Bethlehem location remaining open)
St. Luke's Cancer Center (Allentown only) - 240 Cetronia Road (Bethlehem to remain open)
Women's Imaging Center - 1901 Hamilton Street

Bethlehem
St. Luke's Bethlehem and St. Luke's North Outpatient Dialysis Clinics to close at 11 a.m. today
St. Luke's Family Medicine Center, 2830 Easton Avenue
St. Luke’s North (Urgent Care, Occupational Medicine, Rehabilitation Services, Radiology, Laboratory)
St. Luke's Outpatient Behavioral Health Services
St. Luke’s Union Station (KidsCare, Internal Medicine, Dental, Rehabilitation, Wound Care)
Women’s Health Center – St. Luke’s Hospital – Bethlehem Campus
Pelvic Health Center – Doctor’s Pavilion at 701 Ostrum Street

Easton
KidsCare – 414 Northampton Street
Women’s Health Center – 414/416 Northampton Street

Quakertown
St. Luke's Outpatient Behavioral Health Services

Carbon/Schuylkill counties
St. Luke's Miners Health Center - Nesquehoning
St. Luke's Urgent Care - Jim Thorpe

Additionally, all evening classes scheduled at St. Luke’s Hospital’s Allentown and Bethlehem locations have been postponed. Information on new dates will be forthcoming.

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