North Adams Regional Hospital Nurses To Be Outside and Inside U.S. District Court in Springfield Today For Hearing on Status of Bankruptcy Filing by Hospital Owner Seek Restoration of a Full Service Hospital

Where: U.S District Court, 300 State Street, Springfield, MA

When: Hearing Scheduled for 3 p.m., Nurses will be Outside Courthouse by 2:30 p.m.

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Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United

Apr 07, 2014, 10:30 ET

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United:

A delegation of nurses from North Adams Regional Hospital will be outside and inside the U.S. District Court in Springfield this afternoon for a "status conference" being held today to discuss the recent filing by the owners of the hospital, which was illegally closed two weeks ago. The nurses, along with the community of North Adams, are calling for the immediate restoration of NARH as a full service hospital to serve the more than 38,000 residents who are currently without any health care services.

Other Events This Week: Community Meeting on Tuesday, April 8 at 5 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 91 American Legion Drive in North Adams, where residents, workers and community leaders will provide updates on the crisis and plan next steps in the campaign to save the hospital.

Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United is the largest professional health care organization and the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its 23,000 members advance the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Legislature and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public. The MNA is a founding member of National Nurses United, the largest national nurses union in the United States with more than 170,000 members from coast to coast.

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