Local hospitals received top grades for safety again this year. Five WellSpan hospitals received ‚AuA‚Au safety grades for fall 2022 from The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for health care safety and quality. WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital ...

Five of WellSpan Health's hospitals have received ‚AuA‚Au safety grades for fall 2022 from The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for health care safety and quality, according to a WellSpan release. WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, WellSpan ...

Donald T. Gable, 89, of Denver, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital. He was born in Columbia, son of the late Adam and Elizabeth (Richards) Gable. He was married to Joyce Benner of Mountville who died in 1978 but blessed him with 2 hunting ...

Our precious baby boy was born without a heartbeat on Saturday, October 15th, 2022 at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital. But, we find comfort in knowing he is in the arms of Jesus. He will live forever in our hearts as his parents, Kendrick and Heidi Copenhaver (Martin), Wernersville, and 3 ...

Doris L. Legates, 71, Ephrata, PA and formerly of Sussex County, Delaware and New Holland, Manheim, and Honey Brook, PA, passed away at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Doris was born in Delmar, Delaware, daughter of the late James M. and Mary E. Lewis Brittingham. She ...

Donald K. Ware, 78, of New Holland, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital. His wife, Ruth Ann (Lutz) Ware, survives. Born in Drexel Hill, he was the son of the late Preston L. and Teressa H. (Whilden) Ware. Don ...

Ralph R. Heiser, 71, of Lititz, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022, at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital. He was born in Ephrata to the late Harry G. and Elsie W. (Gockley) Heiser and was the husband of the late Kathy Sue (Weachter) Heiser who passed away March 2021. Ralph ...

BEILER , Emmanuel K. Jr. and Lydia S. (Lapp), 162 Paradise Lane, Ronks, a son, at home, Oct. 15. BENSON , Lindsey, Lancaster, and James Grayson, Philadelphia, a son, at Women and Babies Hospital, Oct. 11. FISHER , Jonas Lee and Suvilla K. (Stoltzfus), Ronks, a son, at UPMC Lititz, Oct. 13. GRUBER ...

Joseph Z. Snyder, 77, of Lititz, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2022, at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital. He was born in Ephrata to the late Harry and Mary (Zimmerman) Snyder and was the husband of Verna M. (Stauffer) Snyder with whom he shared 55 years of marriage. He was ...

Doris L. Ressler, 77, of Ephrata, PA, passed away at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital on Sunday, October 9, 2022. She was born in Sunnyside, West Lampeter Township, PA, daughter of the late Phillip G. Metzger and Sylvia V. Gardner Metzger. Doris worked in the garment manufacturing industry and most recently ...

Erma S. Zimmerman, 89, of Denver, formerly of Akron, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital. She was born in East Cocalico Township to the late Albert and Lizzie (Irvin) Sweigart and was the wife of the late Ivan G. Zimmerman. She was a member ...

Ikuko Betty Siwakosky, 88, of Ephrata, PA and formerly of Dover, DE and Salisbury, MD, passed away at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital on Thursday, October 6, 2022. Betty was born in Tagawa, Japan, daughter of the late Caznor Iwashita and Asako Hayama Iwashita. She was also preceded in death by ...

WellSpan Health is delivering more than just babies, as three of its hospitals are now nationally recognized for expert maternity care. WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, and WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital have made the list of the best maternity hospitals in America. That's according to Money, a ...

Daniel L. Cramer, Jr., 65, of Denver, PA and formerly a longtime resident of Ephrata, PA, passed away unexpectedly with family by his side at Ephrata Community Hospital on Sunday, October 2, 2022. Daniel was the loving husband of Simone I. Firestone Cramer and son of the late Daniel S ...

A man hit an Ephrata police officer in the face while going through the check-in process inside WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, according to police. Police charged Eric Oberly, 40, of Ephrata, with aggravated assault and public drunkenness, according to Oberly's criminal complaint. Borough officers responded at 7:30 p.m ...

An Ephrata man tried to go past a hospital's check-in process while drunk, before striking a police officer, according to the Ephrata Police Department. Eric Oberly, 40, squared off against the officer at the WEllspan Ephrata Community Hospital, police said. He tried to push past the officer before ...

The Ephrata Police recently charged Eric Oberly, 40, of Ephrata, with Aggravated Assault and Public Drunkenness as the result of an incident that occurred on 09/30/2022 at Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital. As Oberly attempted to go through the hospital's check-in process, Oberly squared off against an Ephrata Police officer ...

EPHRATA, Pa. (WHTM) A man from Ephrata has been recently charged with aggravated assault and public drunkenness as a result of an incident that occurred on Friday, Sept. 30. According to police, 40-year-old, Eric Oberly was attempting to go through the check-in process at the Wellspan ...

H. Raymond Prince Jr., 75, of Denver, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2022, at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital. He was born in Ephrata to the late Harold Raymond and Naomi (Styer) Prince and was the companion of Joyce Eberly for 20 years. During his working years, he drove truck for ...

Hospitalist- Nocturnist- Lancaster - 87374 (23740899) WellSpan Health, a sophisticated medical community in Central Pennsylvania, is seeking a full-time Hospitalist for Ephrata Community Hospital in Lancaster County. WellSpan Hospitalists-Ephrata is a mature team of physicians who pride themselves in fulfilling their mission to provide excellent inpatient care. They are ...

WellSpan is expanding its minimally invasive spine surgery program to two new locations, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital in Lancaster (Penn.) and Parkway Surgery Center in Hagerstown (Md.). Five physicians across WellSpan hospitals, the new surgery center and the community hospital are trained in minimally invasive procedures, according to an Aug ...

BECHTOLD , Erik M. and Tiffany, Elizabethtown, a daughter, at Women and Babies Hospital, Aug. 13. BEILER , Alvin and Katie (Stoltzfus), Kirkwood, a daughter, at, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, Aug. 14. BEILER , Ephraim and Naomi (Kauffman), Bird-in-Hand, a daughter, at Birth Care and Family Health Services, Aug. 16. BURKHOLDER ...

Ann L. Graeff, 63, of Lititz passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Born on August 3rd, 1959 in Olean, NY. She was the daughter of Sharon Goodman Hemphill of Shinglehouse, PA and the late William Hemphill. She ...

Ann L. Graeff Ann L. Graeff, 63, of Lititz, PA passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Born on August 3rd, 1959 in Olean, NY. She was the daughter of Sharon Goodman Hemphill of Shinglehouse, PA and the ...

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is treating cases of monkeypox, marking the first confirmed cases of the disease in Lancaster County. A spokesperson said the health system is evaluating and treating current and suspected cases of the virus. ‚AuAt this time, the number of cases remains low,‚Au spokesperson Marcie ...