Cllr. Brid Smith presenting the signed petition at the HSE HQ
The campaign occupied the offices of the HSE Headquarters for about an hour last Thursday to protest the planned closure of the Laurel Unit – an 18 bed unit at Cherryorchard Hospital. Hundreds of locals signed the petition against the closure of teh laurel uniot and we handed in the petition to Paul Connors, Head of Communications at the HSE Headquarters. He has promised to get back to the campaign as soon as possible, yet we are still waiting.
Campaigners with Save Cherryorchard Hospital handed in a petition of 5,000 names to keep the 18 bed Laurel Unit, a specialist Alzheimers Unit open. 22/07/2010 Credit: (c) Paula Geraghty
