Reading Hospital News

January 12, 2021 - Reading Hospital – Tower Health received approval to add six new Residency and Fellowship programs in Nephrology, Plastic Surgery, Sleep Medicine, and Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine.

December 23, 2020 - As COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Berks County, Reading Hospital – Tower Health encourages the community to consider alternate care locations for non-life-threatening, but urgent, health issues. Tower Health offers several in-person and virtual care options for patients, including: 

December 8, 2020 - Reading Hospital – Tower Health is fortunate to have received doses of the recently approved COVID-19 drug bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody to treat individuals diagnosed with COVID-19.

December 7, 2020 - Reading Hospital Foundation announced today they have received $62,240 during the annual “It Starts With Us” Employee Giving Campaign.

November 20, 2020 - Beginning Sunday, November 1, 18 generous Reading Hospital team members pledged participation in the “No Shave November” Contest in support of McGlinn Cancer Institute.

November 18, 2020 - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, a leading pediatric hospital, and Reading Hospital – Tower Health are joining the Injury Free Coalition for Kids in launching the Inaugural U.S. National Injury Prevention Day today, Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

November 12, 2020 - The Reading Hospital Foundation has received a donation of 24 backpacks filled with personal care items from an anonymous donor. The backpacks will soon be distributed to homeless patients through the Tower Health Medical Group Street Hospital program. 

November 6, 2020 - Reading Hospital – Tower Health received patient safety recognition and is 5-star rated for cardiac, orthopedics, neurosciences, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and critical care according to new research released by Healthgrades.

October 28, 2020 - Reading Hospital – Tower Health announced today that Latrice Mumin, Ed.D., MBA, and Yamil Sanchez Rivera, Ed.D., have joined the Board of Trustees.

October 20, 2020 - Reading Hospital – Tower Health has been named one of the top 50 best teaching hospitals in the United States, according to a ranking released by Washington Monthly Magazine and the Lown Institute.