A "LAST stand" protest to hit out at massive cuts in Burnley's hospital services will be made on Wednesday.
From 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., hospital campaigner and leader of Burnley Council Coun. Gordon Birtwistle will stand outside Burnley General Hospital.
"This is the 'last stand' over the decimation of our hospital," he said.
His decision to resurrect the Express-backed Save Our Hospital campaign comes as news that Burnley could lose its fracture clinic – despite it being a feature in the plan chosen by county councillors and the East Lancashire Primary Care Trust.
Coun. Birtwistle, instrumental in the fight to stop the transfer of services to Blackburn, will put up banners and campaign posters outside the hospital's Casterton Avenue entrance.
He is hoping supporters and well-wishers will turn up throughout the day.
"I would like people to come and shake my hand or stand for 10 minutes, but this is not a mass demonstration. It is more of a symbolic protest, a continuation of the Save Our Hospitals campaign," he said.
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