A community forum enabling residents to hear about the work of the group assessing the emergency/urgent care needs of Lynn patients will take place Thursday, July 20, at 6 p.m. at the Franco American War Veterans Post, 535 Western Ave.
The forum will allow residents to voice their concerns and solutions.
Last year, the state Department of Public Health unanimously approved a $180 million expansion of the North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) that will close Union and move the beds to the new Salem campus in 2019. The medical facilities in Lynn and Salem are a part of Partners HealthCare. They recently posted the biggest annual operating loss in its 22-year history when it reported $108 million in losses on operations in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2016.
The planning group includes representatives from NSMC and Partners HealthCare, elected officials and community health professionals and advocates.