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(June 15, 2017)<\/p>\n

Members of the community championing the fight to save Welland\u2019s hospital and other hospitals in Niagara are heading to Queen\u2019s Park next Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sue Hotte, chair of the Niagara Health Coalition, said there is still room for more people on the bus that will leave from Welland\u2019s Market Square to head to Toronto. She said Friday she didn\u2019t have the exact number of people going, but encourages others to come.<\/p>\n

She said the message the Niagara Health Coalition, the Save Our Welland Hospital group and the Ontario Health Coalition are bringing to the MPPs and party leaders is the same as it has been all along.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re pushing is that we need our hospitals,\u201d she said. \u201cWe need to have them open.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said it\u2019s unheard of for a hospital to close in a community like Welland, which has over 50,000 residents and serves 100,000 people. Closing hospitals is denying health care access to those people, she added.<\/p>\n

Hotte said showing up in person gives the group the opportunity to lobby with the MPPs and party leaders to express their concerns face-to-face. The group is also bringing with them 2,500 letters from individuals concerned for the hospital\u2019s future to strengthen the message.<\/p>\n

The reason the group continues to do this, she said, is because there has been no official announcement made by the provincial government to close the doors of the Welland hospital and other hospitals at risk of closing. There isn\u2019t a date set yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to make sure they never say that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said those who can\u2019t make it for this trip to Queen\u2019s Park should write to the MPP Cindy Forster and their municipal and regional leaders to make sure their concerns are heard.<\/p>\n

The bus for Queen\u2019s Park leaves at 8 a.m. on May 31. Those interested in going are asked to call Hotte at 905-932-1646 for more information and so the group can prepare a list of those going.<\/p>\n

lbarton@postmedia.com<\/p>\n

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