On April 2, Delco is getting a health department. The county of nearly 600,000 people has long been the most populous in Pennsylvania without one.
Delaware County Health Department Director Melissa Lyon speaks in February as she introduced the new health department's team.The Delaware County Health Department is set to launch April 2, director Melissa Lyon announced, after the commonwealth approvedThe county of nearly 600,000 people has long been the most populous in Pennsylvania without a health department and the only one without one in the Philadelphia region.
County officials had considered creating a health department for decades, but the idea never gained enough traction until 2019. The pandemic further delayed those plans. The health department in neighboringLyon, who most recently was the COVID-19 response incident commander for the Erie County Health Department, will lead the department, which will consist of 53 public health experts.
“We will have the ability to efficiently collect data that drives positive health outcomes for residents,” Lyon said Friday in a statement.
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