The closure of my local town's hospital is under threat. Jim Wells and the Health Trust have decided to close it "temporarily" until further notice. We know that this "temporary" is nothing but an insult, we know that there is no hope of it opening again.

Ballycastle's Dalriada Hospital has been home to many and it is a big family. The closure has come with nothing but devastation and heartbreak for the staff and the patients.

Dalriada hospital is the only MS centre in Northern Ireland, their closure makes no sense. The trust have promised to move the patients and staff elsewhere, but when faced with the question "Where?" they had no answers, instead they sat in silence whilst the politicians beside them had to give evidence on why this is such a disgusting and appalling decision.

There can be different accounts from the patients and staff found at this link below:

http://www.u.tv/News/Hundreds-picket-against-Dalriada-closure/fd7fb68a-2ccc-47d8-9f9c-2d5c96328231

And:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/dalriada-patients-in-legal-bid-to-prevent-closure-of-hospitals-ms-unit-30734333.html


The closure to this hospital has came as a complete burden, everyone feels outraged that they could do such a thing.

But by signing the petition (here): https://www.change.org/p/jim-wells-northern-ireland-health-minister-stop-the-closure-of-dalriada-hospital?recruiter=173787139&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_facebook_responsive

This will help towards the hospital not closing.

I recently put up a photo of my chest with #SaveTheDal written across it to raise awareness, and knowing that it would spark a lot of controversy, I decided to anyway - knowing that in this case "all publicity is good publicity" - and I was right. There have been over 2k views on the photo since I put it onto my social media site, which can be found here:  http://www.facebook.com/MegHanONeillmodel

I also explained in a video why I decided this was the best way for me to help, as well as attending pickets, protests and speaking out at the public meeting.

Please help us and please sign the petition. #SaveTheDal #NoMoreCuts