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Health Care
Excellent hospitals and health care facilities are located either within or close to Radnor Township. They include:
Specialty Clinics
The township boasts more than 50 medical, health, and chiropractic centers and doctor offices. And, of course, world-renowned practitioners are visited by thousands of patients daily at hospitals in nearby Philadelphia, such as:
- Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr
- Lankenau Hospital in Overbrook
- Paoli Memorial Hospital in Paoli
- The Graduate Hospital Human Performance & Sports Medical Center in Wayne
- The Penn Medicine at Radnor (regional offices of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania)
Specialty Clinics
The township boasts more than 50 medical, health, and chiropractic centers and doctor offices. And, of course, world-renowned practitioners are visited by thousands of patients daily at hospitals in nearby Philadelphia, such as:
- Albert Einstein
- Allegheny / Hahnemann
- Children's
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Graduate
- Medical College of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- St. Christopher's
- The Alfred I. DuPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware
- Thomas Jefferson
- University of Pennsylvania
- Wills Eye
- Many others in the surrounding suburbs
The Board of Health
The township's Board of Health, with technical assistance from the township Health Officer (a full-time position in the Community Development Department, currently occupied by a Health Officer / Code Official), meets monthly to discuss issues and recommend appropriate policies related to public health, such as:
In 1997, the township Board of Commissioners established an Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) as a subcommittee of the Board of Health. The EAC, as it is called, serves a clearinghouse for issues of any environmental nature, recommends plans and programs for the identification and resolution of local environmental problems, and encourages voluntary environmental programs through community participation.
The township's Board of Health, with technical assistance from the township Health Officer (a full-time position in the Community Development Department, currently occupied by a Health Officer / Code Official), meets monthly to discuss issues and recommend appropriate policies related to public health, such as:
- AIDS
- Blood-borne pathogens
- Communicable diseases
- Health education
- Lyme Disease
- Prevention programs
- Rabies
- Use of tobacco products
In 1997, the township Board of Commissioners established an Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) as a subcommittee of the Board of Health. The EAC, as it is called, serves a clearinghouse for issues of any environmental nature, recommends plans and programs for the identification and resolution of local environmental problems, and encourages voluntary environmental programs through community participation.