'Today is about giving people an opportunity to have their voices heard'
Campaigners have held a rally calling for the restoration of full maternity services at Causeway Hospital in Coleraine.
The event was organised by the SOS Causeway Hospital campaign group and also received support from the SOS Daisy Hill Hospital group.She said: “We feel that our voices were ignored through the consultation process. Today is about giving people an opportunity to have their voices heard. She said: “When you look to Ballycastle, when you look to Garvagh, when you look to places that are not very near to Antrim, in fact some places almost an hour of travel, they feel like they are being treated as second-class citizens.
“This is about the broader picture, across this country we are having essential services stripped from our hospitals and we are not going to stand by and allow that to happen. “The concern is that there could be a potential future threat to the overall hospital itself so our campaign has been to ensure that whatever services need to be put into the hospital are put in, if they are going to move maternity out, they need to provide information about what is going to replace it to make it a viable long-term hospital.”
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