Prospect Medical Holdings edged closer Thursday to closing Delaware County’s Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital. The California for-profit owner of the health system told a bankruptcy judge in Texas that it planned to file a motion to close the hospitals in the Chester area and Ridley Park because it only has money to keep them open through March 14.

Lawyers for Prospect Medical Holdings warned in court of the possible shutdown of the entire Crozer Health system​.

Prospect Medical has testified in bankruptcy court that it plans on closing its entire Crozer Health operation in eight days.