March on DC mayor today to keep Providence Hospital open

Registered nurses, and caregivers will join with faith and community leaders to deliver thousands of petitions to Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning (see Calendar) demanding she act to keep Providence Hospital open. Following the delivery of the petitions, the Committee on Health will hold a public meeting on the Department of Health’s role in approving or disapproving Ascension’s proposed closure of Providence Hospital and the impact on D.C.’s emergency health care system. “Nurses are outraged that Ascension is threatening to close our hospital,” said Elissa Curry, a registered nurse who has worked at Providence for 7 years. “We demand that Mayor Bowser take action to save Providence.” 

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