The government is mindlesly killing people, people are going to DIE because of these unnesecery closures, it is a discrace, MONEY OR LIVES?? NO IFS NO BUTS

   Looks as if the " Making it Worse" plans are coming to fruition. The writing was on the wall when managers in Rochdale agreed with the political decision to move to the Infirmary site. At one time the argument was that this would make it easier to compete with the hospitals in Bury. Ha, Ha! The lack of room for expansion clearly doomed the infirmary to the second or third division, and one wonders whether the citizens of Rochdale have benefited locally from the £20M or so from the sale of the excellent Birch Hill Hospital site.