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Arsenal Fans Deserve Better Treatment - Save Our Hospital

By Boris and Ian
March 22 2010

Many Arsenal fans know a relative, friend or partner who has given birth in the Whittington Hospital Baby Unit, some were born there. A few years back my great nephew was prematurely born there. The fact that the hospital was only a few miles away from my niece's home played a crucial role in a successful delivery.

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The Whittington Hospital also hosts the most accessible A&E department for users of the Emirates stadium. The proximity of this facility must surely have been a crucial factor when the town planners were weighing up the pros and cons of the stadium's new location.

Unlike football fixtures, hospital visits are invariably unplanned, but spectators come to the Emirates with the peace of mind that the stadium is well served in the event of unfortunate incidents or of a sudden rush to the maternity unit. Sadly, this could all change if the threatened closures get the go-ahead. Health chiefs are exploring ways of restructuring our public health systems and there is a serious risk that we could lose our A&E and maternity departments.

It seems totally crazy to dismantle our well-established infrastructure in this way and it is an insult to all the Arsenal fans who contributed generously to the Whittington's Building for Babies appeal. Unsurprisingly, these proposals have sent shockwaves through every cross-section of the community and on the 27th February, five thousand angry citizens marched the length of Holloway Road to demonstrate public outrage.

Please sign the petition on match days

This is not just a local issue, because workers and visitors have as much right as the local residents to use the A&E department.  So please remember this if you are invited to sign a petition on your way to the Emirates stadium. Your support really counts.

If you want to find out more, then please visit http://dwhc.org.uk/ or post a comment below on the forum.

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Arsenal Fans Deserve Better Treatment - Save Our Hospital
Discussion started by Arsenal Times , 22/03/2010 11:34
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:03:26:18:40:59 by Padre Pio.

Lewis_198four
22/03/2010 12:03
Done

Nick the Gooner
22/03/2010 18:59
My first child spent 4 weeks in the Baby special care unit of the Whittington - after being referred their from Chase Farm - another hospital facing closure.
When will our governments stop screwing us all.
Of course the Whittington has my (whole family) support.
Fantastic treatmnet their for mother and baby - keep it open

Nick the Gooner

eduardo
22/03/2010 21:03
the government has to make cut backs to find the money to fight the stupid war in afghastan and iraq and any future meaningless war the USA invite them to

Padre Pio
22/03/2010 22:06
It is a brilliant baby unit, my great nephew is 6 now, and we often meet nurses from the unit in Hornsey, they still remember him and love seeing him.

Someones got to pay the bankers bonuses.
We had an organising meeting tonight - over a hundred there.
Not a rally - just organise the campaign.
One thing we decided was to have a day of action on April 29 which will probably be one week before the general election.

"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

AJ The Gunner
23/03/2010 12:48
i hate when government chose to do this sort of thing...........why must they

Can We Now Trust The Process 🤔🤷🏿‍♀️ or Should We Still Remain Cautious 🙇🏿‍♀️

Padre Pio
23/03/2010 15:28
Its a neo liberal world where the bankers must be obeyed

"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

celine dion
23/03/2010 20:24
Im no tory but i would vote for atilla the hun to get these stupid f@cks out. God willing it will happen shortly. If brown and his tw@ts win again you wont hear from me again ill be moving my family to the cayman islands.

Padre Pio
23/03/2010 20:58
I dont think Cameron is about to help the needy

"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

celine dion
23/03/2010 21:21
This is the most corrupt incompetent machiavellian defiant dishonest right wing conspiratorial undemocratic government in british history mate i could write a couple of pages on it but its all coming to light now so why bother.

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