St. Christopher’s Hospital For Children In North Philadelphia Announces Layoffs Ahead Of Kidney Transplant Program Closure

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in north Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is eliminating 30 staff positions as the health facility faces “significant financial and operational pressures,” officials announced. The layoffs’ impact on consumer care will primarily be contained to the hospital’s kidney transplant program, which is closing due to “very low” consumer volume—the program performed only two procedures in 2025, officials said.

St. Christopher’s is jointly owned and operated by Tower Health and Drexel University.

The 180-bed hospital was founded in 1875. It provides a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, one of only three in Pennsylvania, and . . .