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Protest Erupts After LICH Staff Claims Hospital Closure Is Imminent
NY1News
A group of protesters forced their way into Long Island College Hospital Thursday, upset the Brooklyn facility may be headed for closure.
Hospital staff say they were given instructions by SUNY Downstate officials to transfer all patients out of the Cobble Hill campus by tomorrow so the facility could close by the end of the weekend.
News of the alleged directive spread quickly, prompting community members, doctors, nurses and elected officials to gather outside the hospital.
They group then marched around the building before trying to storm a side entrance.
Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/185721/protest-erupts-after-lich-staff-claims-hospital-closure-is-imminent