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Dumbarton, Vale and Helensburgh communities praised for hospital fight

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The Dumbarton, Vale and Helensburgh communities have been praised for continuing to fight for their local hospital.Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard commended residents on their determination while at the Vale of Leven Hospital last week.Health chiefs have decided to shut the lifeline GP out-of-hours service at peak times.The facility, which gives people access to a doctor when their health centre is closed, will only be open at the Alexandria hospital between 11pm and 8am seven days a week.Dumbarton missing man: Police issue CCTV imageHealth chiefs said the move was a bid to stabilise the service, which they have had trouble staffing.Mr Leonard told us: “The system is clearly in meltdown and the Vale is right at the centre of that.“It

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