Yetta Kurland ask you to join her for a march and rally to demand a hospital for the community

Dear Neighbor,

I hope you will join me tomorrow at the March and Rally which will start at 1pm at 25th Street and 9th Avenue and meet at St. Vincent's at 2pm and don't forget to bring a sign or poster that lets our elected officials know we deserve more than "urgent care" and that we demand a Hospital, not an Urgent Care Center, to serve our community.

I also want to let you know about the Community Town Hall Meeting, which will be held April 30, 2010 at 7pm at the Hudson Guild (9th Avenue location) to update everyone on our legal efforts to stop St. Vincent's wrongful closure.

I was disappointed yesterday that the Bankruptcy Court denied our stay to stop the closure.  So many of us have stories of being deeply connected to St. Vincent's.  The cultural, medical and historic loss will be felt for a very long time.

But this is only beginning our or efforts.  Now more than ever, must fight to ensure comprehensive health care for our community.  To do that, we need to ensure our community has a voice in these bankruptcy proceedings.

We will continue.  I promise we will not give up until we have answers to what went wrong at St. Vincent's, until we have a new hospital with better management that comports with the needs and look and vision of our community.

Finally, I promise to fight to ensure that our voice, the community's voice, is heard in this process.

In solidarity,
Yetta