The emergency departments at Delaware County’s Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital stopped accepting patients by ambulance Wednesday at 8 a.m., a key step in closing Delaware County’s largest health system.

Crozer Health's closing is already impacting emergency medical services in Delaware County, with first responders sounding the alarm.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Stacey Jernigan approved Prospect Medical Holdings' move to shutter Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital in Delaware County, resulting in another collapse of hospitals backed by private equity.