All out for the DGH on September 15th !

The Save the DGH Campaign have called a protest march from the Redoubt fortress at 10.00am on Saturday 15th September to oppose the plans to potentially remove stroke care, orthapedics and general surgery from the Eastbourne District General Hospital.

Chair of the campaign, Liz Walke told the Eastbourne Herald this week:

“We need more than 5,000 people,and need to make sure the Trust knows just how many we are representing.

If these services go, it is inevitable that others, such as maternity and paediatrics, will soon follow. If we miss this opportunity we won’t be able to oppose future plans because the infrastructure needed for departments like maternity will have already gone.

Anyone who does not think it is acceptable for patients in need of emergency, possibly life-threatening medical treatment, to have to endure a 30-minute ambulance journey to Hastings before that treatment can be started needs to join the march. This is our big chance to show we do not want the DGH to become a cottage hospital.”

All local trade unionists and others are stongly urged to join the march, and to meet at the Redoubt at 10am, with a rally starting at 11am.