Ballinasloe protest over planned closure of psychiatric unit
Galway Bay Fm Newsroom
A major protest will take place in Ballinasloe this Sunday (Sept 15) against the proposed closure of a 22-bed acute care mental health unit at St Brigid's Hospital.
Those involved in the Ballinasloe protest will include members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) and the East Galway Mental Health Action Group.A further protest rally is planned for outside the Dáil on it's resumption next Wednesday (September 18) and a deputation aims to lobby Junior Minister at the Department of Health, Kathleen Lynch on that day.
The Ballinasloe protest this Sunday will assemble in the car park beside the town's library at 12.30 and go through the main streets before finishing at a rally to be addressed by a number of speakers in St Michael's Square.