The facts: Under currently proposed state budget cuts, 115 staff members will be laid off and 80 detox beds will be cut at Merrit Hall , which houses the state Mental Health & Addiction Services Division, part of the Connecticut Valley Hospital campus in Middletown. 20 beds will remain open.
Service Employee International Union District 1199, which represents state healthcare workers is asking its members to rally in protest at noon Wednesday July 20 outside of Merrit Hall in Middletown. The facility at Merrit Hall treats many people ordered to seek treatment thru the court system and or do not have health insurance, this treatment would be absorbed by local hospitals.
Information can be found on the union's website : http://www.seiu1199ne.org/
The group In This Together.org are also planing to attend the rally. In This Together.org is a grass roots advocacy organization of past and present state workers, concerned citizens, and individuals who have utilized state services and have organized to lobby for those services to remain part of the budget in Connecticut. For more information : http://inthistogetherct.org/who-we-are/
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