St Helen's Hospital patient says many are 'devastated' by its imminent closure

Pip Swan says people in her group, which is attached to the hospital, have lost their "safety net". (ABC News: Laura Beavis)

When members of the Living Well Women group learned that St Helen's Private Hospital in Hobart was closing next month, many cried. 

"It's devastated all of us, many of us were in tears, we're in shock, disbelief, at the fact that we're having our safety net, our hospital taken away from us," said group member Pip Swan.