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Residents and hospital workers urge Bradford council to block inpatient and ER closures
Summary
Residents and hospital employees urged the City of Bradford to intervene after Bradford Regional Medical Center announced closures of inpatient services and its emergency department, calling for immediate legal action and council involvement to protect emergency care and jobs.
Residents and employees told the Bradford City Council on Monday that closing inpatient services and the emergency room at Bradford Regional Medical Center would endanger lives, cost hundreds of jobs and strain emergency responders.
"In just a few months, Bradenton Medical Center is scheduled to close its inpatient services and its emergency room," said an unnamed resident during the public-comment period, adding that the closure would create a "3 mile out desert" and lengthen transport times that could cost lives. The speaker asked the city solicitor to seek a preliminary injunction in King County court to…
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