CAMPAIGNERS worried about the future of Ribchester Hospital said the reaction they were getting from Ribble Valley MP David Waddington was "disgusting" and showed how little Mr Waddington knew about the hospital.
Doctors, nurses, community health groups and the friends of the hospital had joined to voice their concern that the hospital would be closed to fund nurses' pay awards.
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