UPMC Braddock closing challenged

In steady rain yesterday Braddock, Homestead, Rankin, West Mifflin,
and Swissvale residents protested the closing of UPMC Braddock's
hospital. Outside the South Braddock Avenue entrance organizers
parked a truck with speakers and a microphone where a crowd of 2- 300
gathered.

One Bloomfield resident worried that UPMC's intentions were
to focus its energies in Bloomfield to put Western Pennsylvania Hospital out of business. Speakers, residents and non-residents felt that the
UPMC's intentions are symptomatic of a healthcare system in the United States which suffers from "a cancer".

voices featured in order:
Ed Cloonan, Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Single-Payer Healthcare
Claudia Detwiler, Western Pennsylvania Single-Payer Coalition
Fred Redman, Vice-President of the United Steelworkers
Tina Doose, Councilwoman, Braddock
Jesse Brown, Council President, Braddock
Tony Buba, filmmaker, organizer Save Our Community Hospitals
unknown speaker
(Ann Feeney, singer, organizer heard underneath at points)

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[RichAtCamp]

The mill is actually in North Braddock.