An Assembly Member wants to get Llanbgollen people on the march to save the town’s closure-threatened Cottage Hospital.
Plaid Cymru
member for North Wales Llyr Gruffydd says he would like to see a similar protest
effort to the one organised to preserve Flint’s community hospital, which saw
1,500 people march through the town last week.
The Betsi
Cadwaladr University Health Board recently unveiled its controversial plan to
shut Llangollen hospital and replace it with a new health centre on the site of
the derelict Woodlands hotel off the A539.
But the
news caused a wave of protest locally, with a call for a referendum of
residents being made at a heated public meeting in the Hand Hotel.
Tomorrow
(Wednesday) will see a series of public briefing sessions on the plan being
staged by officials of the health board at the Hand.
But Mr
Gruffydd, who is supporting the campaign to save the hospital, has arranged his
own public meeting at the same venue the following evening.
He said: “A
campaign meeting to fight the current proposals to close the Llangollen
Community Hospital will be held at the Hand Hotel, on Thursday evening (September
27) at 7pm.
“The plan is to form a group to
push the campaign forward.
“You
might have heard that 1,500 people marched through Flint to save their
community hospital last week. This will have made a significant impact.
“Flint
is a town of 12,000. If we could get an equivalent from in Llan to march that
would mean getting over 400 people marching!
“We’ve
got over 800 signatures on the petition already.
“To
do this we need a committee to organise things.
“If you
want Llangollen to have a similar impact then please join the meeting. It would
be good to have your input.”
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