Concerned residents, officials, workers and local clergy will begin a vigil today in the lobby of North Adams Regional Hospital as the Deadline Approaches for the Closing of the Hospital Tomorrow

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Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United

Mar 27, 2014, 10:45 ET

NORTH ADAMS, Mass., March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- People will begin gathering at 9 a.m. and expect to hold a vigil throughout the day. At a community meeting held last night, hundreds of community members came out to voice their opposition to the closing, their resolve to stop it, and their demand that the Governor intervene in this crisis to save the vital health care services provided at North Adams Regional Hospital. The decision to hold the vigil today came out of that meeting.

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