PG Workers & Patients, Left in Lurch, Keep Hope Alive

Healthcare workers and patients in Prince George’s County may soon lose the county’s only hospital. Negotiations between state and local officials to approve a funding plan to keep Prince George’s County hospital open collapsed earlier this week. “It’s a full-blown crisis, a desperate situation,” SEIU 1199 Division Political Director Quincy Gamble tells UNION CITY. “We’re working hard to get the Prince George’s County Council to re-engage with the state to try to find a way to save the hospital, perhaps a Special Session of the Assembly.” The hospital, which treats 180,000 people a year, provides care for many of the region's poor and uninsured. Prince George’s County Hospital rally last Thursday, photo by Chris Garlock