A passionate resident has criticised a local hospital for the continued cutting of services.
Michele Martin, a dedicated campaigner and organiser of Save Ormskirk and Southport Hospitals, took it upon herself to organise a protest outside Southport Hospital after she claims the hospital is losing a range of services as well as blasting what she claims to be a wider healthcare shake-up up and down the country. Speaking outside the hospital grounds on Town Lane, she attacked hospital chiefs in a searing rant.
Michele told LancsLive : "Southport has lost children’s A&E, maternity, the therapy pool has gone, physiotherapy has gone, they’ve moved surgery now to St Helens, they’re now talking about closing the stroke unit. As far as the stroke unit is concerned, it’s a real centre of excellence, and Southport is a hotspot for strokes; it’s one of the worst areas for stroke in the whole country."
