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October 10, 2024 - When you see the Reading Hospital Mobile Mammography Coach traveling throughout Berks County and surrounding areas, make sure you wave to Cecilia Carpenter, the coach driver who is helping the hospital provide easier access to annual screening mammograms.

October 1, 2024 - The opening of a new cardiac catheterization laboratory (cath lab) at Reading Hospital will help meet the region's growing demand for heart procedures and enable more patients to be treated and diagnosed each day. 

September 23, 2024 - This year, the Reading Hospital Road Run will return to our neighborhood on Sunday, October 20, with more than just a beautiful run through West Reading, PA. 

TowerDIRECT’s Director and Chief of EMS has been named as one of Lehigh Valley Business’s 2024 Forty Under 40 recipients, highlighting the importance of emergency services in our local communities.

September 16, 2024 - Four members of the Tower Health-Reading Hospital team have received national recognition from Becker’s Hospital Review for their professional accomplishments

August 29, 2024 - For the second consecutive year, Becker's Hospital Review 2024 has listed Reading Hospital as one of the “Great Hospitals in America.” 

August 28, 2024 - As a certified Breast Health Center of Excellence, the Reading Hospital Imaging Center and the McGlinn Cancer Institute at Reading Hospital assist patients with barriers that may delay or prevent them from receiving their annual mammograms, and offer treatment options personalized for each patient – from screening and diagnosis to treatment, rehabilitation, and survivorship. 

August 26, 2024 - All four Tower Health hospitals receive statewide recognition for their efforts to support and raise awareness during The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania’s (HAP) 2024 Donate Life Pennsylvania Hospital Challenge. 

August 20, 2024 - As part of Reading Hospital’s 15th annual “Stuff the Bus” project, employees generously donated thousands of classroom supplies for Reading School District students and teachers. 

August 14, 2024 - More than 4,500 people died from drowning between 2020 and 2022, an increase of 500 deaths per year, compared to 2019 as reported by the CDC. Drowning remains the number one cause of death for children ages one to four.