Leamington District Memorial Hospital is seen in this October 29. 2014 file photo. (Photo by Ricardo Veneza)Leamington District Memorial Hospital is seen in this October 29. 2014 file photo. (Photo by Ricardo Veneza)
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Town Supports Leamington OB Unit

Leamington Mayor John Paterson is encouraging residents to show their support for the Leamington Hospital OB unit by going to the open Erie-St. Clair LHIN meeting Wednesday night.

Paterson says both the Town of Leamington and the Town of Kingsville will be making formal presentations to the board in an effort to keep the unit open. "Kingsville's is more on a financial side of things and ours is more on the economic growth opportunities in the municipality and how this can negatively affect our efforts to move forward in that direction."

A petition with over 4,000 signatures has been collected and will also be presented at the meeting. The open LHIN board meeting starts at 5pm Wednesday at the Roma Club.

Both Leamington and Lakeshore councils passed a formal resolution to support keeping Leamington hospital's OB unit open.

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