Legal Opinion
Appeal of Suburban General Hospital
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 3, 1980No. Appeal, No. 1962 C.D. 1978PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Craig,
Suburban General Hospital operates a primary health care facility within an area of East Norriton Township zoned IN-Institutional.
Since 1972, shortly after Suburban General opened, helicopters have sporadically delivered emergency patients by landing on the front lawn of the hospital grounds. Currently, that is the only site available among the three Norristown area hospitals to disembark patients by helicopter.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Aviation, approved the front lawn site. In April of 1976, the Bureau of Aviation, after an inspection,…
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