(File Photo of the Ellwood City Medical Center logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ellwood City, PA) The former Ellwood City Medical Center has recently filed for bankruptcy for the second time in five years. This center was one of four medical facilities that was included in this bankruptcy, and in January of 2020, the Ellwood City Medical Center lost its State Health Department license and closed its doors after months of financial difficulties. This closure left hundreds of workers without their only trauma center that was nearby. These workers also were left without families and jobs in northern Beaver County and southern Lawrence County just as the COVID-19 pandemic started because of this closure. Ellwood City Mayor Anthony Court stated that the city is “working diligently” to attract a provider of urgent care there. The Ellwood City Medical Center, which has been vacant since 2020, was located at 724 Pershing Street in Ellwood City.