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.

Prospect Medical is seeking approval for an expedited closure of Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland and Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, along Crozer's other health centers.

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