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Pressure is building for M Health Fairview to delay its planned closure of the emergency room at St. Joseph s Hospital, which critics say could limit patient access to health care when it s needed most with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minnesota Nurses Association continued criticism of the move at a Friday news conference that lamented the loss of nursing jobs and potential impact on patients, particularly in the east metro.
Fairview this month closed Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul and moved COVID-19 patients to St. Joseph s, where the health system plans to close the emergency room by year s end.