There is a large movement in Braddock PA trying to save a local hospital. UMPC which is a large hospital chain plans to close Braddock Hospital despite the fact that there is no where else for the people who live in this community to go to in an emergency. Most of the people in this town are poor with no form of transportation. UMPC has a million hospitals but they want to close this one down telling the residents that they can go to McKeeport which is about 20 minutes away by car. How do they think we can get there take two buses?
We are a struggling community one that was devastated by the loss of the steel industry and never recovered. We have recently been named one of the poorest communities and one of the worst neighborhoods in the USA. One paper even referred to our town as "Hell".
We are contacting our representitaves and our two Senators to see if they can help us.
This hospital must not be closed we depend on this hospital if we are sick.
You can read more about the effort to save our hospital http://www.examiner.com/x-7002-Pittsburgh-History-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Save-Our-Community-Hospitals-holds-rally-in-Braddock-Pennsylvanai
We must stop this greedy non profit from closing our community hospital. UMPC wants to kick us when we are down but I will say this that Braddock people are tough we have been through a lot and we survived. Its time to show UMPC that they cannot just roll over and expect us to die.
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Thanks for posting this- be sure to get your friends involved in the campaign. Do you mind if I post this to the Save Braddock blog? Do you want your name on it? Have we met?
-Brett
savebraddock.org
yes you can post this on the Save Braddock blog. Yes I would like my name on it.
I am not sure if I know you are not but I am a lifelong Braddock Resident.
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